Finger Direction Post at Sw863483 is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1988. Monument.
Finger Direction Post at Sw863483
- WRENN ID
- upper-chamber-dew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1988
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Finger Direction Post at Sw863483, St. Erme
- OS grid reference
- SW 863 484
- Coordinates
- 50.2969, -5.0018
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The finger direction post, located at SW863483, dates from the late 19th to early 20th century and is made of cast iron. It features a plain round column with necking moulding, which is topped with a spirally fluted section and a large ball finial. The post has two arms with rounded ends and raised margins, each displaying a pointing hand along with the lettering reading "MITCHELL" and "TRESILLIAN."
Local climate
Finger Direction Post at Sw863483 receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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