Guide Post at Sw735366 is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1988. Guide post.

Guide Post at Sw735366

WRENN ID
night-quoin-bittern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
Camborne and Redruth MP: Perran Moon (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 June 1988
Type
Guide post
Address
Guide Post at Sw735366, Stithians
OS grid reference
SW 734 366
Coordinates
50.18687, -5.17441
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This guide post, dating from the early 20th century, is made of cast iron and has a round shape. It features three adjustable pointers topped with a spike-head finial. Each pointer has integral quadrant brackets, slightly rounded ends, and embossed inscriptions. The left-hand pointer indicates HELSTON at 8½ miles, the middle pointer shows MABE at 3½ miles, and the right-hand pointer points to STITHIANS CHURCH at ½ mile and REDRUTH at 5¼ miles.

Local climate

Guide Post at Sw735366 receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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