Obelisk 10 Metres East of Parish Church (Burts of Mappercombe) is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 July 1984. Obelisk.
Obelisk 10 Metres East of Parish Church (Burts of Mappercombe)
- WRENN ID
- other-casement-marsh
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 July 1984
- Type
- Obelisk
- OS grid reference
- SY 517 961
- Coordinates
- 50.76322, -2.68587
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an obelisk located 10 metres east of the Parish Church in Powerstock, dating from the mid-18th century. It features a stone base and pedestal with a moulded cornice. The obelisk tapers upwards and is topped with a ball finial, standing approximately 12 feet high. Near the top, the arms of Burt are carved, along with Latin inscriptions commemorating Thomas Burt, who died in 1747, and Thomas Burt senior of Mappercombe, who died on 12 April 1749.
Local climate
Obelisk 10 Metres East of Parish Church (Burts of Mappercombe) receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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