Obelisk is a Grade II listed building in the Waverley local planning authority area, England. Obelisk.
Obelisk
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-thatch-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Waverley
- Constituency
- Godalming and Ash MP: Sir Jeremy Hunt (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Obelisk
- Address
- Obelisk, High Street, Cranleigh
- OS grid reference
- TQ 060 390
- Coordinates
- 51.1407, -0.48518
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The obelisk, erected in 1794 by Dr. Jacob Ellery, commemorates the opening of the turnpike road through Cranleigh from Guildford to Horsham. It features a sandstone block step plinth with a tooled ashlar pedestal above. The obelisk has an octagonal plan and is cement rendered, rising to approximately 20 feet high. On the north and south sides, there are cast iron plates manufactured by J. Champion of Cranleigh, which provide mileages to adjoining towns and villages.
Local climate
Obelisk receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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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