Guidestone at Junction with Barr House Lane, Opposite Cairn Croft is a Grade II listed building in the Bradford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1986. Guidestone.

Guidestone at Junction with Barr House Lane, Opposite Cairn Croft

WRENN ID
floating-frieze-tallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bradford
Constituency
Keighley and Ilkley MP: Robbie Moore (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 December 1986
Type
Guidestone
Address
Guidestone at Junction with Barr House Lane, Opposite Cairn Croft, Hollins Lane, Keighley
OS grid reference
SE 051 425
Coordinates
53.87926, -1.9237
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This guidestone, located at the junction with Barr House Lane and opposite Cairn Croft in High Utley, dates from the mid to late 18th century. It is inscribed with the word 'Skipton' accompanied by a hand pointing in one direction, and underneath, 'Keighley' with a hand pointing in the opposite direction. This guidestone marks the old highway that was adopted by the Keighley Kendal turnpike trust in 1733, and Old Barr House Lane was opened in 1782.

Local climate

Guidestone at Junction with Barr House Lane, Opposite Cairn Croft sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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