Wolfe Obelisk North of Stowe House is a Grade I listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 July 1966. A C1760 Obelisk, monument.

Wolfe Obelisk North of Stowe House

WRENN ID
low-bastion-merlin
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Buckingham and Bletchley MP: Callum Anderson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 July 1966
Type
Obelisk, monument
OS grid reference
SP 674 386
Coordinates
52.04226, -1.0177
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Wolfe Obelisk, located north of Stowe House, is a tall structure made of ashlar stone, likely created around 1760. It is believed to have originated from Vanbrugh's "guglio," which was designed in 1722 and situated at the center of the Octagon Lake to the south of the house. The obelisk is not owned by Stowe School.

Local climate

Wolfe Obelisk North of Stowe House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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