Guide Pillar at Handsome Cross on North Side of Road is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 February 1979. Guide pillar.
Guide Pillar at Handsome Cross on North Side of Road
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Peak District National Park
- Constituency
- Penistone and Stocksbridge MP: Dr Marie Tidball (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 February 1979
- Type
- Guide pillar
- Address
- Guide Pillar at Handsome Cross on North Side of Road, Penistone Road, Bradfield, Sheffield
- OS grid reference
- SK 260 941
- Coordinates
- 53.44324, -1.60984
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The guide pillar at Handsome Cross, located on the north side of the road, dates back to 1753. It is made of gritstone and measures approximately 16 inches by 12 inches and stands 5 feet high. The pillar features painted direction arrows and a benchmark.
On the south-west side, it is inscribed with "Bradfield R 1 M 1753." The south-east side has the inscription "Sheffield R 6 M," while the north-east side reads "Peniston R 5 M."
Local climate
Guide Pillar at Handsome Cross on North Side of Road receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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