Obelisk commemorating Benjamin Disraeli is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 2020. Obelisk.
Obelisk commemorating Benjamin Disraeli
- WRENN ID
- riven-span-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Wycombe MP: Emma Reynolds (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 2020
- Type
- Obelisk
- Address
- Obelisk commemorating Benjamin Disraeli, Rayners House, Penn, High Wycombe, Chepping Wycombe, HP10 8LZ
- OS grid reference
- SU 906 935
- Coordinates
- 51.63307, -0.69111
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The obelisk commemorating Benjamin Disraeli was erected by Sir Philip Rose, Bart, in memory of his friend, the former Prime Minister, following Disraeli's death in 1881 and Queen Victoria's visit to Rayners.
This memorial is made of polished maroon Peterhead granite with Portland stone dressings and inset lead lettering. It stands on a stepped plinth located on the northern side of the driveway leading east from the house.
The plinth features two steps with chamfered top edges and is interrupted at the midpoint by a projecting stone band adorned with miniature pediments on each side. The south side of the obelisk has an inscription that reads: ‘THE RT. HON. / BENJAMIN DISRAELI / K.G. / EVER TO BE REMEMBERED / AS AUTHOR, ORATOR / STATESMAN, PATRIOT / AND FRIEND / BORN DEC. 21. 1804 / DIED APRIL 15 1881’. Below this stone band is another inscription stating: ‘ON APRIL 30. 1881. / H.M. QUEEN VICTORIA / PASSED THIS SPOT ON HER WAY FROM / WINDSOR TO HUGHENDEN CHURCH YARD / TO VISIT THE LAST RESTING-PLACE OF HER / FAITHFUL FRIEND AND FORMER MINISTER / WHOSE LOSS THE NATION MOURNS. / BY EXPRESS DESIRE, HER MAJESTY / FOLLOWED THE ROUTE TAKEN BY LORD / BEACONSFIELD ON RETURNING FROM HIS / LAST VISIT TO WINDSOR CASTLE / DEC: 8-10, 1880 WHEN HE ENTERED BY / THE LOWER LODGE AT LOUDWATER, / REMAINED TO LUNCH AT RAYNERS, AND / WENT HOME BY CRIERS HILL. / A GROOM OF SIR PHILIP ROSE’S / HAVING BEEN COMMANDED TO MEET THE ROYAL / CORTEGE AT TAPLOW TO SHOW THE WAY.’ Additionally, there is an inscription on the plinth identifying the coachman who assisted in guiding the royal coach through the estate. The other sides of the obelisk are uninscribed.
Local climate
Obelisk commemorating Benjamin Disraeli sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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