Turnpike Trust Marker is a Grade II listed building in the North Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 January 1987. A C19 Marker.

Turnpike Trust Marker

WRENN ID
sombre-soffit-blackthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Somerset
Constituency
North Somerset MP: Sadik Al-Hassan (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 January 1987
Type
Marker
Address
Turnpike Trust Marker, Bridgwater Road, Barrow Gurney
OS grid reference
ST 531 669
Coordinates
51.39951, -2.67506
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Turnpike Trust Marker, dated 1837, is a cast iron structure painted white with raised black lettering. It stands 1 metre high and has a V shape with a coved top. The marker is inscribed with 'BRISTOL TURNPIKE TRUST' down the center spine, with 'TO BRISTOL 5' on the left side and 'TO CROSS 11' on the right side.

Local climate

Turnpike Trust Marker receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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