Obelisk and Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the Brighton and Hove local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 August 1971. Monument.
Obelisk and Fountain
- WRENN ID
- tilted-storey-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Brighton and Hove
- Constituency
- Brighton Pavilion MP: Siân Berry (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 August 1971
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Obelisk and Fountain, Victoria Gardens, the City of Brighton and Hove
- OS grid reference
- TQ 314 047
- Coordinates
- 50.82726, -0.13503
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The obelisk and fountain, located in Victoria Gardens, Brighton, is a monument dating from 1871 and constructed of granite. It features a notionally circular base that is divided into two broad segments, which were originally drinking troughs for animals, and two narrow segments that provide access to two raised drinking basins for humans. The base is octagonal and tapers to a square. On the south side of the square, there is a bronze plaque that commemorates the gift of the monument to the town by Frederick Chatfield in 1871. A plaque on the north side lists the names of Richard Webb, the Mayor, and Richard Keirle, the architect. Rising above the base is the needle of the obelisk, which has a narrow chamfered band near its base and a broader plain band slightly higher up. Approximately halfway up the needle, there are 8-pointed stars cut into the stonework, with one star on the north side and one on the south side.
Local climate
Obelisk and Fountain receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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