Signpost At Junction Of A712 And B794 , Corsock is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 October 2004. Signpost.
Signpost At Junction Of A712 And B794 , Corsock
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-threshold-jet
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 14 October 2004
- Type
- Signpost
- OS grid reference
- NX 767 756
- Coordinates
- 55.05984, -3.93118
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This signpost, located at the junction of the A712 and B794 in Corsock, was made by Smith Patterson & Co Ltd of Blaydon, likely in the late 1920s. It is a painted cast-iron signpost featuring two arms. The post is tapered and painted in black and white stripes, with ring shafts and a conical finial at the top. Near the base of the post, there is a maker's mark that reads "SMITH PATTERSON & Co Ld BLAYDON" in raised lettering. The arms of the signpost are made of white-painted cast iron, with chamfered corners, black raised lettering, and black-painted edges.
Local climate
Signpost At Junction Of A712 And B794 , Corsock sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,330 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% 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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