Guidestone is a Grade II listed building in the North York Moors National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1987. Monolith.

Guidestone

WRENN ID
scarred-doorway-sepia
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North York Moors National Park
Constituency
Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 August 1987
Type
Monolith
Address
Guidestone, Cropton, North Yorkshire
OS grid reference
SE 776 932
Coordinates
54.32856, -0.80784
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Guidestone, dated 1867, is a monolithic structure made of sandstone and stands approximately 0.5 metres high. The west face is inscribed with a reversed "S", which may refer to Spiers Rigg, while the east face features an "L", possibly for Leaf Howe. The south face displays the date of the stone.

Local climate

Guidestone receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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