Direction Post at Centre of Five 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 Centre of Five Crossroads

WRENN ID
buried-courtyard-dock
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 Centre of Five Crossroads, Ilsington, Teignbridge
OS grid reference
SX 782 748
Coordinates
50.5611, -3.72085
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The direction post at the center of Five Crossroads is an early 19th-century structure. It has a square-section design with a shaped top. On the north-west side, it is carved with the inscription "TO MANATON," while the south-west side reads "TO ASHBURTON." The north-east side indicates "TO BOVEY," and the south-east side shows "TO NEWTON." The letters are highlighted in black paint.

Local climate

Direction Post at Centre of Five 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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