The Sugarloaf is a Grade II* listed building in the Rother local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 August 1961. Obelisk.
The Sugarloaf
- WRENN ID
- rusted-cellar-barley
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Rother
- Constituency
- Bexhill and Battle MP: Dr Kieran Mullan (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1961
- Type
- Obelisk
- Address
- The Sugarloaf, Battle Road, Dallington
- OS grid reference
- TQ 669 195
- Coordinates
- 50.95121, 0.37506
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Sugarloaf is an early 19th-century obelisk or eye-catcher located on high ground, serving as a landmark. It was erected by John Fuller, known as "Mad Jack," of Brightling Park, previously called Rose Hill in the nearby parish of Brightling. The structure is likely designed by Sir Robert Smirke and features a conical hollow shape topped with a ball cap. It is constructed from stone and coated with cement. The obelisk has a pointed doorway and two pointed windows, one of which is now blocked. The interior is shaped like a bee-hive with a domed roof and is said to have once been inhabited as a cottage.
Local climate
The Sugarloaf receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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