Guide Post (At Sw395276) is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 December 1988. Guide post.
Guide Post (At Sw395276)
- WRENN ID
- far-spandrel-peregrine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 December 1988
- Type
- Guide post
- Address
- Guide Post (At Sw395276), St. Buryan, Lamorna and Paul
- OS grid reference
- SW 395 276
- Coordinates
- 50.09145, -5.64305
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Guide Post, located in St Buryan, is a Grade II listed structure dating from the 18th or early 19th century. It is made of painted dressed granite and features a monolithic design with an integral plinth and a pyramidal cap that has a moulded cornice. The post is triangular in shape and includes cable carving and an ogee upper stop on the chamfered front corner, which is situated between two inscribed sides.
The inscriptions are incised and presented as round-headed arches. On the left side, the inscription reads: "TO PENZANCE 5½ MILES TO LANDS END 4½ MILES," while the right side states: "TO ST JUST 3 MILES." There is a hand pointer directing towards St Just, along with scrolled decoration surrounding the word "Miles." This guide post was carved by Billy Foss of Sancreed in the early 19th century.
Local climate
Guide Post (At Sw395276) sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 1 freeze-thaw cycle a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. 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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