Direction Post at Road Fork at Willis's Crossroads is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 November 1986. Direction post.
Direction Post at Road Fork at Willis's Crossroads
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 November 1986
- Type
- Direction post
- Address
- Direction Post at Road Fork at Willis's Crossroads, Ilsington, Teignbridge
- OS grid reference
- SX 799 752
- Coordinates
- 50.56506, -3.6964
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The direction post at the road fork at Willis's Crossroads is an early 19th-century structure made of granite. It has a roughly oblong shape, with the south face slightly splayed to align with the angle of Lounston Road. The top of the post is shaped, and it features carved inscriptions. The south face indicates "TO ASHBURTON," the south-east face reads "TO NEWTON," and the north-east face states "TO ILSINGTON." The letters are highlighted in black.
Local climate
Direction Post at Road Fork at Willis's Crossroads 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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