Brightling Needle is a Grade II* listed building in the Rother local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 August 1961. Obelisk.
Brightling Needle
- WRENN ID
- weathered-render-wren
- 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
- Brightling Needle, Burwash Road
- OS grid reference
- TQ 670 212
- Coordinates
- 50.96609, 0.37704
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Brightling Needle is an obelisk erected by John Fuller, known as "Mad Jack," of Brightling Park, formerly called Rose Hill, in the early 19th century. It stands on one of the highest points in East Sussex, making it visible for miles around. The obelisk was likely designed by Sir Robert Smirke, who constructed other buildings in the parish for Fuller around the same time. It is made of coursed stone and consists of four sections, each featuring a stringcourse.
Local climate
Brightling Needle 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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