Obelisk is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1988. Monument. 1 related planning application.

Obelisk

WRENN ID
blind-footing-briar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 May 1988
Type
Monument
Address
Obelisk, Dennis Hill, Padstow
OS grid reference
SW 922 740
Coordinates
50.52951, -4.93333
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The obelisk is a monument celebrating Queen Victoria's Jubilee of 1887, erected in 1889, as indicated by the datestone. It is made of granite and features a tall rusticated granite obelisk that stands on an ashlar granite battered pedestal. The pedestal has a deep coved cornice and a stepped rusticated plinth. There are remains of iron railings surrounding the monument.

Local climate

Obelisk 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 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% 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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