Guide Post on West Side of Road Junction 400 Metres North of Hedgeley Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 August 1987. Guide post.

Guide Post on West Side of Road Junction 400 Metres North of Hedgeley Hall

WRENN ID
over-jade-pearl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 August 1987
Type
Guide post
OS grid reference
NU 073 175
Coordinates
55.4519, -1.88569
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This guide post, located on the west side of a road junction 400 metres north of Hedgeley Hall, was likely made in the late 19th century by the Alnwick Foundry. It is constructed of cast iron, featuring a grey-painted circular shaft with a moulded base, head, and finial, all stamped with the foundry's name. The arms of the guide post, which are black on a white background and have clipped corners, are bolted onto the head of the shaft. The distances indicated on the arms are: Beanley ¾ mile, Eglingham 2¾ miles, Hedgeley Station 1 mile, and Titlington 2½ miles. The overall height of the guide post is 2.5 metres.

Local climate

Guide Post on West Side of Road Junction 400 Metres North of Hedgeley Hall receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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