Road Sign, About 45 Metres North of Castle Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 October 1987. Road sign.

Road Sign, About 45 Metres North of Castle Farmhouse

WRENN ID
vacant-cupola-tallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 October 1987
Type
Road sign
OS grid reference
ST 474 178
Coordinates
50.95776, -2.75016
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a road sign located about 45 metres north of Castle Farmhouse, dating from 1907. It features cast iron plates mounted on a rolled steel T-post. The top triangular plate has "SAC" cast into its bottom member, while the rectangular plate below reads "STOKE UNDER HAM/ SLOW". The back of the sign displays the caster's name, W and F Wills, Bridgwater, which ceased operations in 1983. This sign is one of 36 donated by the Somerset Automobile Club and was accepted by the County Council in 1907, with installation costs covered by the Club.

Local climate

Road Sign, About 45 Metres North of Castle Farmhouse receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% 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 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% 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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