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
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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