Signpost at Road Junction South of Rock Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. Signpost.

Signpost at Road Junction South of Rock Farm

WRENN ID
woven-loggia-bone
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Signpost
Address
Signpost at Road Junction South of Rock Farm, Rennington
OS grid reference
NU 204 201
Coordinates
55.47437, -1.67813
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This signpost, located at a road junction south of Rock Farm, dates from the late 19th century or early 20th century and was made by Smith Paterson & Co. Ltd. of Blaydon. It is constructed from painted cast iron and features a cylindrical shaft with the maker's stamp. The top of the shaft is moulded and has a cone-topped finial. There are three bolt-on arms with clipped corners, each displaying raised legends indicating distances to various locations: Doxford (3 1/4 miles), Chathill Station (5 1/2 miles), South Charlton (3 miles), Rennington (1 mile), Little Mill (3 miles), Alnwick (5 1/2 miles), Christon Bank Station (2 1/2 miles), Embleton (4 miles), Craster (4 3/4 miles), and Howick (5 1/2 miles).

Local climate

Signpost at Road Junction South of Rock Farm receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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