Direction stone at the junction of Smith's Hill and Smoky Hole Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. A 18th century Direction stone.
Direction stone at the junction of Smith's Hill and Smoky Hole Lane
- WRENN ID
- broken-basalt-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Direction stone
- Period
- 18th century
- Address
- Direction stone at the junction of Smith's Hill and Smoky Hole Lane, West and Middle Chinnock
- OS grid reference
- ST 473 140
- Coordinates
- 50.92315, -2.75073
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a mid-18th century direction stone located to the north of Middle Chinnock village at the junction of Smith's Hill and Smoky Hole Lane. Made from Ham stone, the direction marker dates from 1745 and features pointing hands carved into its surface. The stone stands approximately 130 centimeters high and tapers from 36 centimeters by 30 centimeters at the base to 33 centimeters by 28 centimeters at the top. The hands indicate the direction to named principal destinations, although distances are not provided.
On the south face, an upper inscribed cuffed hand points east to "EAST / NNICK," which is believed to refer to East Chinnock. Below this, another hand points west to "CREWKE/RNE ROAD." On the east face, another cuffed hand points north above the inscription "YEOVIL / ROAD," with an additional illegible word below. The date "1745" is also inscribed below this hand.
Local climate
Direction stone at the junction of Smith's Hill and Smoky Hole Lane receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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