Village Sign is a Grade II listed building in the Guildford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1985. Signpost.

Village Sign

WRENN ID
lunar-shingle-winter
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Guildford
Constituency
Godalming and Ash MP: Sir Jeremy Hunt (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 May 1985
Type
Signpost
Address
Village Sign, the Street, Albury
OS grid reference
TQ 048 478
Coordinates
51.2198, -0.49989
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The village sign in Albury is a signpost dating from the late 19th century and designed in a Gothic style. It stands approximately 8 feet high and features a hexagonal post that tapers towards the top. The sign has a finial decorated with metal foliage and includes tracery arcading on the post, adorned with scrolls at the top. Wooden "finger" posts are supported by iron brackets. This sign is included in the listing for its group value context.

Local climate

Village Sign sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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