Direction Post at North East Corner of Sigford 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 Sigford Crossroads

WRENN ID
muted-corbel-frost
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 Sigford Crossroads, Ilsington, Teignbridge
OS grid reference
SX 776 752
Coordinates
50.56424, -3.72823
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The direction post at the north-east corner of Sigford Crossroads is an early 19th-century structure made of granite. It features a square-section post with a segmental shaped top. On the north-west face, it is carved with "TO MANATON," while the north-east face reads "TO ILSINGTON." The south-west face indicates "TO ASHBURTON," and the south-east face shows "TO NEWTON." The lettering on the post has been highlighted in black.

Local climate

Direction Post at North East Corner of Sigford 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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