The Obelisk Approximately 80 Metres West of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1967. A Early 19th century Obelisk.
The Obelisk Approximately 80 Metres West of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- fallen-barrel-grove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 March 1967
- Type
- Obelisk
- OS grid reference
- SE 274 692
- Coordinates
- 54.11843, -1.5814
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Obelisk, located approximately 80 metres west of the Church of St Mary, is an obelisk built around 1805 for Elizabeth Aislabie. Constructed from ashlar, it features a base and corniced pedestal that stands about 3 metres high, with the obelisk itself reaching approximately 15 metres in height. The structure is set diagonally and serves as the focal point of the long drive and view towards Ripon Cathedral, predating the construction of St Mary's church. Elizabeth Aislabie was the wife of Charles Allanson of Bramham and the daughter of William Aislabie, who passed away in 1781 and continued his father's work at Studley Royal. This obelisk replaced a stepped pyramid of the same height that William Aislabie had erected in 1742 in memory of his father, John Aislabie. The site is also designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Local climate
The Obelisk Approximately 80 Metres West of Church of St Mary receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% 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 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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