Guide Stone at Junction with Raikes Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 June 1989. Marker stone.
Guide Stone at Junction with Raikes Lane
- WRENN ID
- gilded-frieze-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 June 1989
- Type
- Marker stone
- Address
- Guide Stone at Junction with Raikes Lane, B6265, Rylstone, North Yorkshire
- OS grid reference
- SD 969 586
- Coordinates
- 54.02351, -2.04819
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The guide stone at the junction with Raikes Lane is a marker stone, probably dating from 1853. It is made of gritstone and stands approximately 50 centimetres high, deeply bedded into the ground, with a triangular section and a ridged top. The left face features the incised lettering "SKIPTON/THRESHFIELD" along with a painted pointing hand, while the right face has "HETTON" incised. Both faces are painted white with black details. The stone became significant after the Grassington to Skipton road saw increased traffic in the mid-19th century due to the expansion of the Skipton cattle and corn markets, and the Cracoe to Skipton section was realigned and turned into a turnpike in 1853.
Local climate
Guide Stone at Junction with Raikes Lane sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% 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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