Obelisk at Junction with Cricket Green is a Grade II listed building in the Merton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 May 1954. Monument.
Obelisk at Junction with Cricket Green
- WRENN ID
- white-plaster-winter
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Merton
- Constituency
- Mitcham and Morden MP: Dame Siobhain McDonagh (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 May 1954
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Obelisk at Junction with Cricket Green, Obelisk at Junction with Madeira Road
- OS grid reference
- TQ 277 682
- Coordinates
- 51.39923, -0.16454
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The obelisk at the junction with Cricket Green in Mitcham, built in 1822, is a rendered monument that was originally located within the grounds of The Canons. It features an inset Portland stone tablet with an inscription that expresses gratitude for the provision of water in the area, referencing several biblical verses. The obelisk was erected to commemorate the relief of a serious drought.
Local climate
Obelisk at Junction with Cricket Green sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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