Guidepost at South End is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 January 1988. Guidepost.

Guidepost at South End

WRENN ID
swift-cinder-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
City of Durham MP: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 January 1988
Type
Guidepost
Address
Guidepost at South End, Bearpark Colliery Road
OS grid reference
NZ 242 430
Coordinates
54.78179, -1.62469
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This guidepost, located at the south end of Bearpark Colliery Road, is likely from around 1860 and is made of cast iron. It stands approximately 2.5 meters high and features a tapered design topped with a rounded spiked finial above a moulding. On each side, there is a finger-shaped indicator with a low relief pointing hand and the inscription 'TO BEARPARK COLLIERY', which is bolted to a flange.

Local climate

Guidepost at South End receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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