Direction Post About 50 Metres North of St John's Church, at Junction of Ashburton Road and Newton Road is a Grade II listed building in the Teignbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 1986. Direction post.
Direction Post About 50 Metres North of St John's Church, at Junction of Ashburton Road and Newton Road
- WRENN ID
- gilded-brass-barley
- 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
- OS grid reference
- SX 813 778
- Coordinates
- 50.5882, -3.67788
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This direction post, located about 50 metres north of St John's Church at the junction of Ashburton Road and Newton Road, is likely from the early 19th century. It is made of granite and has a square section monolith. The top of the post is splayed on each side, with inscriptions carved into the splay. One side reads "TO NEWTON," while the other side says "TO ASHBURTON," each accompanied by a directional arrow.
Local climate
Direction Post About 50 Metres North of St John's Church, at Junction of Ashburton Road and Newton Road receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2005
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