Scarsike Head Guide Post on North Side of Road Junction One Metre West of Wall is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1987. Guide post.
Scarsike Head Guide Post on North Side of Road Junction One Metre West of Wall
- WRENN ID
- lunar-copper-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1987
- Type
- Guide post
- Address
- Scarsike Head Guide Post on North Side of Road Junction One Metre West of Wall, Stanhope
- OS grid reference
- NY 910 413
- Coordinates
- 54.76676, -2.14046
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Scarsike Head Guide Post, located on the north side of a road junction and one metre west of a wall, is a guide post likely dating from the 18th century. It is made of sandstone and stands about one metre high with dimensions of 15 by 20 centimeters, roughly squared. The post features well-shaped incised inscriptions on three faces. The west face includes the names Wolf Cleugh, New House, and an Ordnance Survey bench mark that obscures the lower part. The south face lists Lintz, Garth, Bay Bridge, and the number 5. The east face inscription is illegible. A historical reference from 1857 mentions that the post indicated New House, Wear Head, Middlehope, Westgate, Chapel, Wolf Cleugh, Allenheads, Lintz Garth, Bay Bridge, and Rokehope.
Local climate
Scarsike Head Guide Post on North Side of Road Junction One Metre West of Wall sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 62 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 42 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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