Memorial Obelisk to Battiscombe 2 Metres South West of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 December 1984. Obelisk.
Memorial Obelisk to Battiscombe 2 Metres South West of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- spare-foundation-ivory
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 December 1984
- Type
- Obelisk
- OS grid reference
- SY 481 925
- Coordinates
- 50.72996, -2.73545
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The memorial obelisk to Battiscombe, dated 1849, is located 2 metres south-west of the Church of St Mary in Bothenhampton. It features a square stone pedestal with incised corner pilasters in a Soanic style. The obelisk has a cornice with projecting corners and a pedimented roof adorned with acroteria at the corners, which display crossed palms. The tapering stone obelisk stands on a moulded base. The main inscription reads: "Sacred to the memory of William Battiscombe, who died September 26th 1849 in the 70th year of his age."
Local climate
Memorial Obelisk to Battiscombe 2 Metres South West of Church of St Mary receives an average of 810 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 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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