Guide Post at Sw690293 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 Sw690293

WRENN ID
mired-wicket-brook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 June 1988
Type
Guide post
Address
Guide Post at Sw690293, Gweek
OS grid reference
SW 690 293
Coordinates
50.11945, -5.23236
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This guide post, dating from the early 20th century, is made of cast iron and features a round shaft that is embedded into a hedge. The shaft is topped with two adjustable pointers and a moulded, conical finial. The pointers include integral coved brackets at the collars and have canted ends. The left-hand pointer is inscribed with "GWEEK 2," while the right-hand pointer reads "TRELOQUITHACK ¼ CONSTANTINE 3."

Local climate

Guide Post at Sw690293 receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. 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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