Guidepost at Sx 088647 is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1988. A Late C19 Guidepost.

Guidepost at Sx 088647

WRENN ID
errant-window-ash
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 April 1988
Type
Guidepost
Address
Guidepost at Sx 088647, Lanhydrock
OS grid reference
SX 088 647
Coordinates
50.45118, -4.6945
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Guidepost located at SX 088647, dating from the late 19th century. It is made of cast iron and features a circular plan shaft topped with a spike finial. The guidepost has four cast iron collars, each supporting a cast iron signplate arm that displays raised upper case lettering. The sign indicates directions to various locations: Bodmin (13/4), Respryn (1), Lostwithiel (4), Fowey (10), Liskeard (12), and Launceston (23).

Local climate

Guidepost at Sx 088647 sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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