Guidestone on Corner of Roads to Normoss and Broad Oak Farmhouses is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 January 1985. Guidestone.

Guidestone on Corner of Roads to Normoss and Broad Oak Farmhouses

WRENN ID
silent-jade-crow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lake District National Park
Constituency
Barrow and Furness MP: Michelle Scrogham (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 January 1985
Type
Guidestone
Address
Guidestone on Corner of Roads to Normoss and Broad Oak Farmhouses, Waberthwaite, Cumberland
OS grid reference
SD 115 922
Coordinates
54.31801, -3.36061
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This guidestone, likely from the early to mid 19th century, may be a re-used quoin stone. It is made of sandstone and features chamfered edges on top of a boulder wall. The guidestone measures approximately 3 feet long on each face and stands about 1 foot high. There are inscriptions in Roman lettering on two faces: the south face reads "TO BROUGHTON/ TO WHITEHAVEN/ BY RAVENGLASS," and the east face reads "TO BROUGHTON/ TO WHITEHAVEN/ BY MUNCASTER."

Local climate

Guidestone on Corner of Roads to Normoss and Broad Oak Farmhouses sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,590 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% 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 0.2°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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