Direction Post at North East Side of Hemsworthy Gate 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 North East Side of Hemsworthy Gate Crossroads
- WRENN ID
- eternal-tracery-hyssop
- 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 North East Side of Hemsworthy Gate Crossroads, Widecombe in the Moor, Teignbridge
- OS grid reference
- SX 741 760
- Coordinates
- 50.57102, -3.77809
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This direction post, located at the north-east side of Hemsworthy Gate Crossroads, dates from the early 19th century. It is made of roughly dressed granite and has a wedge-shaped, oblong section. The south-east face features a carved letter A, likely representing Ashburton, while the east side displays the letter B, probably for Bovey Tracey. On the north side, there is the letter M, which likely stands for Manaton.
Local climate
Direction Post at North East Side of Hemsworthy Gate Crossroads receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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