Guidestone at SW 997624 is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 August 1987. Guidestone.

Guidestone at SW 997624

WRENN ID
turning-pewter-juniper
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 August 1987
Type
Guidestone
Address
Guidestone at SW 997624, Withiel
OS grid reference
SW 997 624
Coordinates
50.42767, -4.82097
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is an 18th-century guidestone made of granite. It stands about 1.5 meters high and has a rounded top. The top of the stone is painted and features carved painted lettering in uppercase with serifs that reads: "WITHIEL."

Local climate

Guidestone at SW 997624 receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% 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 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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