Direction Post at North-East Corner of Beacon Lane at Cherrycombehead Crossroads is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 1986. Direction post.
Direction Post at North-East Corner of Beacon Lane at Cherrycombehead Crossroads
- WRENN ID
- haunted-marble-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- 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 Beacon Lane at Cherrycombehead Crossroads, Hennock, Teignbridge
- OS grid reference
- SX 822 808
- Coordinates
- 50.61538, -3.66539
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This direction post, located at the north-east corner of Beacon Lane at Cherrycombehead Crossroads, dates back to the early 19th century. It is made of granite and features a square-section design with a shaped head. The post has carved inscriptions indicating directions: "TO BRIDFORD" on the north side, "TO MORETON" on the north-west side, "TO BOVEY" on the south-east side, and "TO HENNOCK" on the east side.
Local climate
Direction Post at North-East Corner of Beacon Lane at Cherrycombehead 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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