Pair of Obelisks Below Terrace of Rock Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1983. Obelisks.

Pair of Obelisks Below Terrace of Rock Cottage

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cotswold
Constituency
North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 August 1983
Type
Obelisks
Address
Pair of Obelisks Below Terrace of Rock Cottage, High Street, Blockley
OS grid reference
SP 161 345
Coordinates
52.00895, -1.76657
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a pair of early 19th-century monolithic obelisks located below the terrace of Rock Cottage. They are now positioned about 8 feet apart, just before the entrance to the basement of Rock Cottage.

Local climate

Pair of Obelisks Below Terrace of Rock Cottage receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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