Obelisk 150 Yards North West of Thornhill House is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 1960. Monument.
Obelisk 150 Yards North West of Thornhill House
- WRENN ID
- eternal-entrance-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 October 1960
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 738 154
- Coordinates
- 50.93812, -2.37407
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The obelisk, dated 1727, is located 150 yards northwest of Thornhill House in Stalbridge. It is constructed of ashlar and stands on a stepped pedestal with a moulded cornice. The obelisk features a Latin inscription on its north side and is surrounded by spiked iron railings. It was erected in honor of George II and Queen Caroline. The original structure was destroyed in a gale in 1836 and was later rebuilt.
Local climate
Obelisk 150 Yards North West of Thornhill House receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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