Guide Post at Sw727342 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 Sw727342

WRENN ID
dusk-tallow-vermeil
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 Sw727342, Wendron
OS grid reference
SW 727 342
Coordinates
50.16469, -5.18332
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This guide post, dating from the early 20th century, is made of cast iron. It features a round shaft topped with four adjustable pointers and a moulded spear-head finial. The pointers are equipped with integral quadrant brackets and have slightly rounded corners, each displaying embossed inscriptions. The west pointer indicates PORKELLIS 2½ miles, the south pointer shows RAME ¼ and HELSTON 6¼ miles, and the east pointer points to PENRYN 3½ and STITHIANS 1¾ miles.

Local climate

Guide Post at Sw727342 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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