Guide Post at Sw407318 is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 December 1988. Guide post.

Guide Post at Sw407318

WRENN ID
ghost-brick-blackthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 December 1988
Type
Guide post
Address
Guide Post at Sw407318, Sancreed
OS grid reference
SW 407 318
Coordinates
50.12976, -5.62832
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This guide post, located in Sancreed, dates from the early 19th century, likely around 1819. It is made of dressed granite and features a pyramidal head. The front of the post has incised inscriptions that read "SAINT" above a hand pointer indicating "JUST ROAD" and "MORVAH." The rear inscription states "SAINT JUST TOWN" followed by the year "18-."

Local climate

Guide Post at Sw407318 sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 1 freeze-thaw cycle a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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