Johnson obelisk 6 metres south east of east end of Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the Elmbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. Obelisk.
Johnson obelisk 6 metres south east of east end of Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- frozen-flint-summer
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Elmbridge
- Constituency
- Esher and Walton MP: Monica Harding (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1984
- Type
- Obelisk
- OS grid reference
- TQ 161 672
- Coordinates
- 51.3924, -0.33252
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Johnson obelisk, located 6 metres southeast of the east end of the Church of St Nicholas in Thames Ditton, is a Grade II listed structure dedicated to Roberta Johnson. Erected in 1729, it is made of stone and features a square plinth and a panelled square pedestal that has inscriptions and a moulded top. The obelisk itself, topped with an urn finial, stands on four corner spheres above the pedestal and reaches a height of approximately 12 feet.
Local climate
Johnson obelisk 6 metres south east of east end of Church of St Nicholas sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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