Guide Post 1/4 Mile North of Kingole Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 April 1985. Guide post.
Guide Post 1/4 Mile North of Kingole Farm
- WRENN ID
- woven-gargoyle-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 April 1985
- Type
- Guide post
- Address
- Guide Post 1/4 Mile North of Kingole Farm, St. Veep
- OS grid reference
- SX 150 569
- Coordinates
- 50.38293, -4.60245
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The guide post located approximately a quarter mile north of Kingole Farm dates from the early 19th century. It is made of granite, partially whitewashed, with a black painted band around the middle. The post is square in shape with a flat top. On the north side, it features simple upper case serif lettering that reads 'ST VEEP' and 'FOWEY', along with a painted arrow indicating direction. The west side displays the word 'LOSTL' with a painted hand pointing to the right and 'LISKD' with a painted hand pointing to the left. There is also a bench mark below the inscriptions.
Local climate
Guide Post 1/4 Mile North of Kingole Farm 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 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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