Obelisk in Grounds of Tickford Abbey is a Grade II listed building in the Milton Keynes local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 July 1972. Obelisk.
Obelisk in Grounds of Tickford Abbey
- WRENN ID
- tenth-sill-spindle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Milton Keynes
- Constituency
- Milton Keynes North MP: Chris Curtis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 July 1972
- Type
- Obelisk
- Address
- Obelisk in Grounds of Tickford Abbey, Newport Pagnell
- OS grid reference
- SP 883 440
- Coordinates
- 52.08797, -0.71242
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The obelisk in the grounds of Tickford Abbey dates from the 18th century and is made of ashlar stone. It stands approximately 25 feet high and is set on a pedestal with a moulded base. The obelisk features a ball finial at the top.
Local climate
Obelisk in Grounds of Tickford Abbey sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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