The Obelisk in Memory of John Wills is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1978. Memorial.
The Obelisk in Memory of John Wills
- WRENN ID
- crooked-gable-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1978
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- The Obelisk in Memory of John Wills, the Plains, Totnes
- OS grid reference
- SX 805 603
- Coordinates
- 50.43059, -3.68298
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Obelisk in memory of John Wills is a memorial erected in 1864. John Wills, originally from Totnes, was the first white man to cross the Australian continent in 1861. The obelisk is made of granite and stands on a rusticated base and pedestal, which features a marble inscription plaque. At the base of the obelisk, there is a marble roundel carved in low relief depicting a bust of Wills. The former bracketed Windsor lanterns have been removed.
Local climate
The Obelisk in Memory of John Wills receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% 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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