Obelisk on Purdown at St 61797 77176, Approximately 450 Metres West of Stoke Park House is a Grade II listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 March 1977. Obelisk.
Obelisk on Purdown at St 61797 77176, Approximately 450 Metres West of Stoke Park House
- WRENN ID
- riven-clay-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bristol, City of
- Constituency
- Bristol North East MP: Damien Egan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 March 1977
- Type
- Obelisk
- OS grid reference
- ST 617 771
- Coordinates
- 51.49223, -2.55166
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The obelisk on Purdown, located approximately 450 meters west of Stoke Park House, was built in 1762 by Thomas Wright and constructed by Thomas Paty. It is made of limestone ashlar and features a moulded pedestal with a base for the shaft, which is now missing its top. The obelisk originally had a Latin inscription commemorating the death of the Duke of Beaufort's niece.
Local climate
Obelisk on Purdown at St 61797 77176, Approximately 450 Metres West of Stoke Park House receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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