Guide Stone at Junction with Skythornes Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 June 1989. Guide stone.
Guide Stone at Junction with Skythornes Lane
- WRENN ID
- secret-forge-mint
- 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
- Guide stone
- Address
- Guide Stone at Junction with Skythornes Lane, B6160, Threshfield, North Yorkshire
- OS grid reference
- SD 988 638
- Coordinates
- 54.07097, -2.01972
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The guide stone at the junction with Skythornes Lane is an early to mid-19th century structure made of gritstone. It has a triangular shape and stands approximately 60 centimetres high. The stone features carefully cut capital letters on its surfaces. The inscription on the left face reads "SKIRETHORNS / MALHAM / SETTLE," while the right face displays "KETTLEWELL / THRESHFIELD" along with two painted pointing hands.
Local climate
Guide Stone at Junction with Skythornes Lane sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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