C18 guide stoop (signpost) at junction of Crosland Road and Lindley Moor Road is a Grade II* listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 2011. Signpost.
C18 guide stoop (signpost) at junction of Crosland Road and Lindley Moor Road
- WRENN ID
- old-sandstone-equinox
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Colne Valley MP: Paul Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 August 2011
- Type
- Signpost
- OS grid reference
- SE 107 189
- Coordinates
- 53.6672, -1.83916
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century guide stoop, or signpost, located at the junction of Crosland Road and Lindley Moor Road. Erected in 1755, it is made of local gritstone and has a rectangular cross section, standing just under 1 meter tall. The stoop features two faces that are inscribed with approximate mileages and images of pointing hands, which have cuffs. The stone has experienced some minor damage, including the loss of some lettering.
On the north-east face, which has a semi-circular top, the inscriptions read: "To Milnsbridge 2 miles" with a hand pointing left, "Halifax 4" with a hand pointing right, and "A Mallinson Surveyor 1755."
The south-east face has a sloping top and is inscribed: "To Brighouse 3 miles" with a hand pointing right, "Marsden 5 miles" with a hand pointing left, and includes an Ordnance Survey benchmark.
At the time of inspection, a modern yellow water hydrant plaque was affixed to the otherwise blank north-east face, but this is not considered part of the historical interest of the stoop.
Local climate
C18 guide stoop (signpost) at junction of Crosland Road and Lindley Moor Road sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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