Guidestone at Sx046633 is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1988. Guidestone.

Guidestone at Sx046633

WRENN ID
final-basalt-summer
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 April 1988
Type
Guidestone
Address
Guidestone at Sx046633, Lanivet
OS grid reference
SX 046 633
Coordinates
50.4371, -4.75245
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a guidestone dated 1776, made of granite and featuring a pyramidal top. It stands approximately 1.4 meters high and has a square base. The stone is inscribed with uppercase letters, complete with serifs, on all four sides, indicating directions: "TO ST AUSTLE," "TO ST COLUMB," "TO BODMIN," and "LOSTWITHIEL 1776."

Local climate

Guidestone at Sx046633 receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% 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 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 0.3°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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