Guide Pillar at Junction with Mortimer Road on South Side of Junction 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 Junction with Mortimer Road on South Side of Junction
- WRENN ID
- odd-lantern-soot
- 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 Junction with Mortimer Road on South Side of Junction, Penistone Road, Bradfield, Sheffield
- OS grid reference
- SK 245 948
- Coordinates
- 53.44947, -1.63241
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The guide pillar, dated 1740, is located at the junction with Mortimer Road on the south side. It is made of gritstone and stands 3 feet high, featuring a rhombic section with a chamfered top edge. The east face is inscribed with the year 1740, while the north face displays the inscription "PENISTON," with the letter "N" inscribed backwards. The west face reads "HOPE," and the south face includes the inscriptions "SHEFFIELD" and "BRADFIELD," along with direction arrows and a benchmark on the south face.
Local climate
Guide Pillar at Junction with Mortimer Road on South Side of Junction 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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