Guide Post at SW 401248 is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 December 1988. Guide post.

Guide Post at SW 401248

WRENN ID
fading-column-elder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 December 1988
Type
Guide post
Address
Guide Post at SW 401248, St. Buryan, Lamorna and Paul
OS grid reference
SW 400 248
Coordinates
50.06692, -5.63338
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This guide post, dating from the early 19th century, is a dressed granite monolith with original incised inscriptions. It has a triangular shape when viewed from above. The left-hand inscription reads "ST LEVAN" above an arrow pointer, while the right-hand inscription states "TO SENNEN." Additionally, there is an Ordnance Survey bench mark underneath.

Local climate

Guide Post at SW 401248 sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 1 freeze-thaw cycle a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. 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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