Direction Post at North-East Corner of Huish Crossroads is a Grade II listed building in the Teignbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 1986. Direction post.
Direction Post at North-East Corner of Huish Crossroads
- WRENN ID
- rooted-ashlar-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Teignbridge
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 July 1986
- Type
- Direction post
- Address
- Direction Post at North-East Corner of Huish Crossroads, Hennock
- OS grid reference
- SX 841 798
- Coordinates
- 50.60678, -3.63891
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The direction post at the north-east corner of Huish Crossroads is an early 19th-century structure. It is made of square-section granite and features a shaped head. The post has inscriptions carved on its sides: "TO S. BOVEY" on the south-west side, "TO HENNOCK" on the north-west side, and "TO EXETER" on the north-east side. The inscription on the south-east side is hidden by a hedge.
Local climate
Direction Post at North-East Corner of Huish Crossroads 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 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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