Obelisk on Railway Embankment Approximately 280 Metres East of Whalebone Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Barking and Dagenham local planning authority area, England. Obelisk.
Obelisk on Railway Embankment Approximately 280 Metres East of Whalebone Bridge
- WRENN ID
- riven-cobalt-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Barking and Dagenham
- Constituency
- Dagenham and Rainham MP: Margaret Mullane (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Obelisk
- OS grid reference
- TQ 489 878
- Coordinates
- 51.56966, 0.14817
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The obelisk on the railway embankment, located approximately 280 meters east of Whalebone Bridge, dates from around 1861. This coal tax post marks the extent of the Metropolitan Police District. It stands 6 feet high and is made of polished red granite, tapering to a point, and is set on a stone base with moulded capping. The face of the obelisk that is inscribed faces the railway line.
Local climate
Obelisk on Railway Embankment Approximately 280 Metres East of Whalebone Bridge sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 670 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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