Obelisk 230 M South-East of Kingston Lacy House is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1982. Monument.

Obelisk 230 M South-East of Kingston Lacy House

WRENN ID
sunken-pinnacle-falcon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
Mid Dorset and North Poole MP: Vikki Slade (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 November 1982
Type
Monument
Address
Obelisk 230 M South-East of Kingston Lacy House, Pamphill
OS grid reference
ST 978 010
Coordinates
50.8089, -2.03233
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The obelisk located 230 meters southeast of Kingston Lacy House is a Grade II listed structure, dated 1887, and commemorates Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. It features a square tapering design set on a simple stepped base. The obelisk has a moulded cap and a finial that is adorned with five rounded bosses.

Local climate

Obelisk 230 M South-East of Kingston Lacy House receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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