Guide Post at Junction of Priory Road and Launceston Road is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 January 1994. A C19 Guide post. 1 related planning application.
Guide Post at Junction of Priory Road and Launceston Road
- WRENN ID
- lunar-nave-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 January 1994
- Type
- Guide post
- Address
- Guide Post at Junction of Priory Road and Launceston Road, Bodmin
- OS grid reference
- SX 076 667
- Coordinates
- 50.46918, -4.7121
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a triangular granite guide post, likely dating from the early 19th century. It stands at the junction of Priory Road and Launceston Road in Bodmin. The post is a monolith with a pyramidal cap. Two sides are inscribed, originally reading "LANSON" and "LISKEARD". A later inscription on the shaft reads "TO STATION." All inscriptions are incised, with the original inscriptions exhibiting distinct serifs.
Local climate
Guide Post at Junction of Priory Road and Launceston Road 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 8 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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