The Robertson War Memorial Bequest Obelisk, Weardale is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 October 2016. War memorial.
The Robertson War Memorial Bequest Obelisk, Weardale
- WRENN ID
- strange-gargoyle-clover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sevenoaks
- Constituency
- Sevenoaks MP: Laura Trott (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 October 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- The Robertson War Memorial Bequest Obelisk, Weardale, C200m North-West of Toys Hill Gravel Pit, Toys Hill, Kent, Brasted, TN16 1QG
- OS grid reference
- TQ 467 518
- Coordinates
- 51.2465, 0.10175
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Robertson War Memorial Bequest Obelisk is a memorial marker approximately 2.4 meters tall, located in a woodland clearing about 200 meters to the north-west of Toys Hill Gravel Pit, which is a National Trust car park. The obelisk is designed in a stepped form and has a square base, standing on a low step. It is made of cast aggregate concrete.
On the front face of the obelisk, there is a cast aluminium plaque that dedicates the memorial. The inscription reads: "WEARDALE WAS BEQUEATHED TO THE NATIONAL TRUST BY W. A. ROBERTSON IN MEMORY OF HIS BROTHERS NORMAN CAIRNS ROBERTSON CAPTN. 2ND BATT. HAMPSHIRE REGT WHO DIED 20TH JUNE 1917 AT HANOVER GERMANY AND OF LAURANCE GRANT ROBERTSON 2ND LIEUT 2ND BATTALION KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE DURING THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME IN OR NEAR DELVILLE WOOD 30TH JULY 1916."
Local climate
The Robertson War Memorial Bequest Obelisk, Weardale receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer 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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