Fingerpost at Crossroads at Sw81004905 is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1988. Fingerpost.
Fingerpost at Crossroads at Sw81004905
- WRENN ID
- slow-porch-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1988
- Type
- Fingerpost
- Address
- Fingerpost at Crossroads at Sw81004905, Old Truro Road, St. Allen
- OS grid reference
- SW 810 490
- Coordinates
- 50.3006, -5.0765
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a direction fingerpost located at a crossroads on the old Truro Road in St Allen. It dates from the late 19th century to early 20th century and features a cast iron shaft. The shaft has the word "CORNWALL" inscribed vertically. It has four arms, each with a raised margin and sans serif capitals indicating directions: (a) MARAZANVOSE 1 mile, (b) TRURO 3 miles, (c) ZELAH 2½ miles. The fourth arm, which indicated St Allen at 1½ miles, is broken and missing. The post has a square pyramidal top.
Local climate
Fingerpost at Crossroads at Sw81004905 receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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