The Obelisk on North Hill is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 March 1983. Obelisk.
The Obelisk on North Hill
- WRENN ID
- quartered-buttress-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 March 1983
- Type
- Obelisk
- Address
- The Obelisk on North Hill, Ulwell Road, Swanage
- OS grid reference
- SZ 022 813
- Coordinates
- 50.63144, -1.9698
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Obelisk on North Hill is a granite structure originally erected in London near St Mary Woolnoth's Church in the mid 19th century. It was brought to Swanage by George Burt and placed on its current site in 1892 to commemorate the provision of a new water supply to the town. The obelisk was taken down during the Second World War but was re-erected in 1973. It is hexagonal in shape and stands on a two-stage base with a pointed top, located on a prehistoric round barrow, making it a prominent feature of the landscape.
Local climate
The Obelisk on North Hill receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% 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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