Obelisk in the Admiralty Playing Fields is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1968. Obelisk.

Obelisk in the Admiralty Playing Fields

WRENN ID
vacant-iron-soot
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 January 1968
Type
Obelisk
Address
Obelisk in the Admiralty Playing Fields, Maker-With-Rame
OS grid reference
SX 450 533
Coordinates
50.35981, -4.17974
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The obelisk in the Admiralty Playing Fields is a monument dating from the late 18th century to early 19th century. It is made of Portland stone with scored ashlar and features a granite base to the plinth. The plinth has a moulded base and a square plan, supporting a square plan obelisk that stands about 10 metres tall. This obelisk is often called a monument to Cupid, the pet pig of Emma, Countess of Mount Edgcumbe; however, it was built before the pig's death. An obelisk or similar marker has been depicted on Admiralty charts since around 1690, although the current structure is not from the 17th century.

Local climate

Obelisk in the Admiralty Playing Fields sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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