Direction Post at North East Corner of Woodhouse 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 Corner of Woodhouse Crossroads

WRENN ID
twelfth-hammer-briar
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 Corner of Woodhouse Crossroads, Ilsington, Teignbridge
OS grid reference
SX 794 764
Coordinates
50.57508, -3.70376
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The direction post at the north-east corner of Woodhouse Crossroads is an early 19th-century structure made of granite. It has an oblong-section post with a shaped top. The north-east face is carved with "TO BOVEY," the north-west face with "TO MANATON," the south-west face with "TO ILSINGTON," and the south-east face with "TO NEWTON."

Local climate

Direction Post at North East Corner of Woodhouse 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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