Obelisk, Aberdour House is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 2 May 1973. Obelisk.

Obelisk, Aberdour House

WRENN ID
dreaming-spire-brook
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy MP: Melanie Ward (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
2 May 1973
Type
Obelisk
OS grid reference
NT 192 851
Coordinates
56.05241, -3.2988
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Obelisk at Aberdour House was built between 1744 and 1745. It stands 40 feet high and is made of ashlar stone. The obelisk is prominently situated at the top of Cuttlehill. It features a square stone base and a square-plan pedestal, with a moulded base and cornice at the upper section, which is topped by the obelisk itself.

Local climate

Obelisk, Aberdour House receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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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