Direction Post at South East Corner of Lane from Ilsington Methodist Church to Lewthorn 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 South East Corner of Lane from Ilsington Methodist Church to Lewthorn Crossroads
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-railing-bittern
- 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 South East Corner of Lane from Ilsington Methodist Church to Lewthorn Crossroads, Teignbridge
- OS grid reference
- SX 779 758
- Coordinates
- 50.56943, -3.72545
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a direction post located at the south-east corner of the lane from Ilsington Methodist Church to Lewthorn crossroads. It dates from the early 19th century and is made of granite. The post has a roughly square section with a segmental shaped top. On the south-west face, it is carved with "TO ASHBURTON," on the north-west face with "TO MANATON," and on the north-east face with "TO ILSINGTON." The letters have been highlighted in black paint.
Local climate
Direction Post at South East Corner of Lane from Ilsington Methodist Church to Lewthorn 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2019
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