Guidepost 550 Metres to South of Congdons Shop is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 May 1989. Guide post.

Guidepost 550 Metres to South of Congdons Shop

WRENN ID
late-gargoyle-vermeil
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 May 1989
Type
Guide post
OS grid reference
SX 281 777
Coordinates
50.5742, -4.42877
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This guidepost, located 550 metres south of Congdon's Shop, dates from around the mid-19th century. It is made of painted granite and has a triangular shape with a triangular top. The post features inscriptions on two faces in upper case lettering, indicating directions to 'LISKEARD' with an arrow and 'NORTH HILL AND TREBARTHA'.

Local climate

Guidepost 550 Metres to South of Congdons Shop sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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