Guidestone is a Grade II listed building in the North York Moors National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1987. Monolith.
Guidestone
- WRENN ID
- shifting-stair-thunder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North York Moors National Park
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1987
- Type
- Monolith
- Address
- Guidestone, Helmsley to Bransdale Road, North Yorkshire
- OS grid reference
- SE 612 954
- Coordinates
- 54.35077, -1.05991
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Guidestone, dated 1712, is a sandstone monolith approximately 1.14 metres high. It features inscriptions on its four faces: the west face reads "1712 Helmsley Road," the south face has "IH," the east face contains an indecipherable inscription related to Kirby, and the north face states "To Stoxly."
Local climate
Guidestone receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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