Guide Post at Sw690311 is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1988. Guide post.

Guide Post at Sw690311

WRENN ID
still-lime-thyme
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 June 1988
Type
Guide post
Address
Guide Post at Sw690311, Wendron
OS grid reference
SW 690 311
Coordinates
50.13505, -5.23346
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This guide post, dating from the early 20th century, is made of cast iron. It features a round shaft topped with three adjustable pointers, which are capped by a moulded and pyramidal cap. The pointers have mitred corners and include embossed inscriptions. The left-hand (east) pointer indicates HELSTON 4 and FALMOUTH 9, the middle pointer shows PORKELLIS 1½, and the right-hand pointer reads WENDRON ¾. Additionally, the shaft is inscribed with the word CORNWALL.

Local climate

Guide Post at Sw690311 receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% 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 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. 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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