Obelisk to Marie Witherington in Churchyard of Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 18 July 2001. Monument.
Obelisk to Marie Witherington in Churchyard of Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- high-balcony-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Monmouthshire
- Constituency
- Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 18 July 2001
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Obelisk to Marie Witherington in Churchyard of Church of St Peter, Goetre, Pontypool, Goetre Fawr
- OS grid reference
- SO 327 058
- Coordinates
- 51.74771, -2.97619
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The obelisk to Marie Witherington, located in the churchyard of the Church of St Peter, is a neo-classical monument made from Forest of Dean sandstone ashlar. It features a square base with a plinth and cornice that supports a sharply tapering obelisk, which has a blunted point. Each of the four sides of the base is inscribed within framed panels, dedicated to Marie, the wife of Henry Witherington, who died in 1807.
Local climate
Obelisk to Marie Witherington in Churchyard of Church of St Peter receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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