Guidepost at Sx 076632 is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1988. Guidepost.

Guidepost at Sx 076632

WRENN ID
turning-spindle-fern
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 076632, Lanhydrock
OS grid reference
SX 075 632
Coordinates
50.43775, -4.71102
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a guidepost located at SX 076632, dating from the late 19th century. It is made of cast iron and features a circular shaft with raised lettering in upper case that reads "CORNWALL." The guidepost has a knob and spike finial at the top. It includes three cast iron collars that hold signplate arms, each displaying raised lettering in upper case indicating distances to various locations: "LOSTWITHIEL 3" and "FOWEY 83/4"; "NEWQUAY 18 1/2" and "TRURO 23 1/4"; "BODMIN 2 1/4" and "LISKEARD 13 1/4."

Local climate

Guidepost at Sx 076632 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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