Guide Post at SW 437373 is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. Guide post.

Guide Post at SW 437373

WRENN ID
outer-finial-equinox
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
Country
England
Type
Guide post
Address
Guide Post at SW 437373, Zennor
OS grid reference
SW 438 373
Coordinates
50.18089, -5.58988
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a guide post dating from the early 19th century, made of painted dressed granite. It is square in shape and features incised inscriptions on two adjoining sides. The left-hand side has the inscription "2T IV2" with an Ordnance Survey bench mark underneath, indicating a height of 6 meters. The right-hand side displays the inscription "PENZ" above a hand pointer that indicates "ANCE" at a distance of 6 meters.

Local climate

Guide Post at SW 437373 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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