Guidepost at Sx 065712 is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1988. A C18 Guidepost.
Guidepost at Sx 065712
- WRENN ID
- rough-wall-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 April 1988
- Type
- Guidepost
- Address
- Guidepost at Sx 065712, Helland
- OS grid reference
- SX 065 713
- Coordinates
- 50.50969, -4.73004
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century guidepost made of granite. It features a pyramidal top and stands about one metre high. The guidepost has carved lettering in upper case with serifs on three sides, indicating the directions to Bodmin, Liskeard, and Wadebridge. There is also a benchmark at the base.
Local climate
Guidepost at Sx 065712 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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