Needle Obelisk at NGR ST 559 129 is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 August 1984. Obelisk.
Needle Obelisk at NGR ST 559 129
- WRENN ID
- knotted-shingle-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 August 1984
- Type
- Obelisk
- Address
- Needle Obelisk at NGR ST 559 129, Key Hill, Barwick and Stoford
- OS grid reference
- ST 559 129
- Coordinates
- 50.91457, -2.62803
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Needle Obelisk is an obelisk located in Barwick, dating from around 1775. It is constructed from rough cut and coursed local stone, topped with a dressed stone cap. The obelisk has a square base measuring about 2 metres on each side and rises to approximately 12 metres in height. On the south face, there is a flat stone that stands about 4 metres high, but it does not bear any visible inscription. This obelisk serves as a boundary marker and is one of four that mark the Barwick Park estate, likely erected by John Newman.
Local climate
Needle Obelisk at NGR ST 559 129 receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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