Guide Post at SW 687299 is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1988. Guide post.

Guide Post at SW 687299

WRENN ID
gentle-forge-spring
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 June 1988
Type
Guide post
Address
Guide Post at SW 687299, Wendron
OS grid reference
SW 687 299
Coordinates
50.12439, -5.23678
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This guide post, dating from the early to mid-19th century, is a tall granite monolith topped with a pyramidal head. It has a square base and a triangular shaft that features inscriptions on two faces, rising from large pyramid stops. The inscriptions are in Roman capitals, with the left side reading "STITHIANS GWENNAP REDRUTH" and the right side stating "TO PENRYN FALMOUTH TRURO."

Local climate

Guide Post at SW 687299 receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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