Obelisk to North of Railway Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Spelthorne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 February 1982. Obelisk.
Obelisk to North of Railway Bridge
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Spelthorne
- Constituency
- Spelthorne MP: Lincoln Jopp (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 February 1982
- Type
- Obelisk
- Address
- Obelisk to North of Railway Bridge, Thames Street
- OS grid reference
- TQ 036 712
- Coordinates
- 51.43097, -0.51057
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The obelisk located to the north of the railway bridge on Thames Street in Staines dates back to 1837. It is made of cast iron and is associated with the Coal and Wine Tax. This obelisk, similar to the city posts also included in the register, marks the starting point of the boundaries of the City of London.
Local climate
Obelisk to North of Railway Bridge 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 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% 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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