Obelisk is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1952. Market cross.
Obelisk
- WRENN ID
- crooked-cloister-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Constituency
- Richmond and Northallerton MP: Rishi Sunak (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 January 1952
- Type
- Market cross
- Address
- Obelisk, the Green, Burton-Cum-Walden, North Yorkshire
- OS grid reference
- SE 017 866
- Coordinates
- 54.27544, -1.97511
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The obelisk in West Burton, built in 1820 and restored in 1889, serves as a market cross. It features an octagonal plan constructed from coursed rubble, stone slabs, and ashlar. The base consists of five steps with coursed rubble risers and slab treads. The obelisk itself is made of coursed rubble and has an ashlar band approximately two-thirds of the way up, which includes a Maltese cross incised on each side. The words "ERECTED" and "1820" are inscribed on two sides facing south-west, while "REST," "ORED," and "1889" are on three sides facing north. The top quarter is made of solid ashlar and includes a ball finial and weather-vane, which were replaced in 1889; the original top is now part of The Barn.
Local climate
Obelisk sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 60 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 38 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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