Arnrid Johnston Obelisk is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 October 2018. Sculpture. 13 related planning applications.
Arnrid Johnston Obelisk
- WRENN ID
- standing-entrance-summer
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 October 2018
- Type
- Sculpture
- Address
- Arnrid Johnston Obelisk, Walden House, Pimlico Road, London, City of Westminster, SW1W 8LH
- OS grid reference
- TQ 284 785
- Coordinates
- 51.49118, -0.15072
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Arnrid Johnston Obelisk is a sculpture from around 1930, designed and carved by Arnrid Johnston. It is made of Portland stone and stands on a platform constructed of stock brick.
The obelisk has a circular base and features a three-sided plinth. It is truncated and flat-headed, with relief carvings on its three faces. The obelisk is set on a stepped, two-tier platform with a chamfered plinth. Each of the three carved sections depicts scenes of children playing. The north-west face shows a boy carrying a toy sailing boat with a dog at his feet, while the southern face features a pair of girls hoop rolling. The north-east face depicts two girls on rocking horses. Beneath this face, there is a weathered inscription on the plinth, which is now only partially legible, and appears to commemorate the granting of the land for Walden House to the City of Westminster by the Grosvenor Estate. There is also an inscription at the top of the obelisk, but it is mostly illegible. At the foot of the plinth, each of the three corners has stylised animal figures carved in the round.
Local climate
Arnrid Johnston Obelisk sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Related listed building consents — 13 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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