Teddington Hands Sign Post is a Grade II listed building in the Tewkesbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1960. Signpost.
Teddington Hands Sign Post
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-glass-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tewkesbury
- Constituency
- Tewkesbury MP: Cameron Thomas (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1960
- Type
- Signpost
- Address
- Teddington Hands Sign Post, A435
- OS grid reference
- SO 963 338
- Coordinates
- 52.00312, -2.05416
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Teddington Hands Sign Post is a Grade II listed structure dated 1676, which has been relocated from its original position nearby. It is made of sandstone and limestone, featuring a square limestone base and an octagonal sandstone shaft that stands approximately 3 meters tall.
On the south side of the shaft, there is an inscription that reads: "EDMOND ATTWOOD THE VINE TREE / AT THE FIRST TIME ERECTED ME / AND FREELY HE DID THIS BESTOW / STRANGE TRAVELLERS THE WAY TO SHEW / SIX GENERATIONS PAST AND GONE / REPAIRED BY THOMAS ATTWOOD OF TEDDINGTON AUGUST 10th 1676." This inscription is located towards the top of the octagonal column.
Above this, there is a circular stone with a brass plaque that bears the same inscription. The signpost features six painted iron hands indicating distances to various locations: Cheltenham 7 miles, Winchcombe 6 miles, Shrewsbury 16½ miles, Evesham 8½ miles, Overbury 2 miles, Pershore 7 miles, and Tewkesbury 4½ miles. The structure is topped with an octagonal pyramidal capping stone and a ball finial.
Local climate
Teddington Hands Sign Post receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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