Fingerpost at Crossroads South of Bodelva is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 November 2010. Fingerpost.

Fingerpost at Crossroads South of Bodelva

WRENN ID
ruined-cinder-thunder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Austell and Newquay MP: Noah Law (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 November 2010
Type
Fingerpost
Address
Fingerpost at Crossroads South of Bodelva, St. Blaise
OS grid reference
SX 055 545
Coordinates
50.35857, -4.73453
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The fingerpost at the crossroads south of Bodelva is a late 19th-century cast-iron structure. It features a slender, tapering post with a fluted lower section and a barley twist upper section, connected by a ring moulding. At the top, it has a ball finial. The post has three arms with pointing hands at the ends, each inscribed in sans serif capitals: "ST BLAZEY GATE," "LUXULYAN," and "TREGREHAN & ST AUSTELL." Two of these arms appear to be older, while the one for St Blazey Gate is in a different style of lettering and may be a later replacement. This fingerpost is significant as a late 19th-century example with three 'fingers' and serves as a reminder of the historical importance of transport networks for the movement of goods and people. It also has group value with a listed late 19th-century milestone located on the opposite side of the crossroads.

Local climate

Fingerpost at Crossroads South of Bodelva sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 follow 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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