Obelisk County Durham, England
Listed Building Data
Obelisk has been designated a Grade II listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- List Entry ID
- 1121398
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- II
- Date Listed
- 19 February 1970
- Name
- OBELISK
- Location
- OBELISK, OBELISK LANE
- District
- County Durham
- Grid Reference
- NZ 26723 43020
- Easting
- 426723.0000
- Northing
- 543020.0000
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
DURHAM AND FRAMWELLGATE OBELISK LANE NZ 24 SE (North side)
4/295 Obelisk 19/2/70 GV II
Obelisk, built as observation point. 1850. Sandstone ashlar. Very tall slender obelisk, with 3 openings on south face, stands on high panelled base with cornice; steps down to small opening at foot on north side. South face inscribed with latitude, longitude, angle of dip and height above sea level. Latin inscription on base: W I W/ASTRONOMIAE/DICAVIT/MDCCCL.
Listing NGR: NZ2672343020
