The Obelisk is a Grade II listed building in the Thanet local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1988. Monument.
The Obelisk
- WRENN ID
- secret-postern-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Thanet
- Constituency
- East Thanet MP: Ms Polly Billington (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 February 1988
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- The Obelisk, Ramsgate
- OS grid reference
- TR 385 647
- Coordinates
- 51.33182, 1.42345
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Obelisk is an obelisk constructed between 1822 and 1823 by John Shaw, made of Dunleary stone and standing fifty-two and a half feet high. It features inscriptions in both English and Latin, commemorating George the Fourth, King of Great Britain and Ireland. The obelisk was erected by the inhabitants and visitors of Ramsgate, along with the Directors and Trustees of the Harbour, as a grateful record of the King's gracious decision to select Ramsgate as the port for his embarkation on September 25, 1821, and his happy return on November 8, 1821.
Local climate
The Obelisk 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 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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