Guide Stone at Junction of A3071 and B3306 is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 March 1979. Guide stone.
Guide Stone at Junction of A3071 and B3306
- WRENN ID
- brooding-alcove-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 March 1979
- Type
- Guide stone
- Address
- Guide Stone at Junction of A3071 and B3306, St. Just
- OS grid reference
- SW 374 309
- Coordinates
- 50.12076, -5.67457
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The guide stone located at the junction of the A3071 and B3306, just north of the cemetery, dates back to 1836. It is a painted granite block approximately 4 feet high, featuring round-headed sides. The stone has carved pointing hands set in oval panels, with incised lettering below that reads "To Penzance 6½ miles. AD 1836" and "To St Buryan 5 miles, To Lands End 6 miles."
Local climate
Guide Stone at Junction of A3071 and B3306 sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.
It averages fewer than one freeze-thaw cycle a year. 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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