Guide Pillar at Ngr Sk 20315 68254 is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1974. Guidepost.
Guide Pillar at Ngr Sk 20315 68254
- WRENN ID
- endless-nave-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Peak District National Park
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1974
- Type
- Guidepost
- Address
- Guide Pillar at Ngr Sk 20315 68254, Crowhill Lane, Bakewell, Derbyshire Dales
- OS grid reference
- SK 203 682
- Coordinates
- 53.21097, -1.69728
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The guidepost, dating from the mid-18th century, is made of dressed gritstone. It stands approximately one metre tall and has a square section with a larger top section. Each side features a carved hand with a pointing finger, along with the names of local market towns: "Tidswell (sic), Buxton, Winster, and Bakewell."
Local climate
Guide Pillar at Ngr Sk 20315 68254 sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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