Fingerpost near Church of St Gwynno is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 16 June 2003. Fingerpost.

Fingerpost near Church of St Gwynno

WRENN ID
little-steel-indigo
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Brecon Beacons National Park
Constituency
Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare MP: Gerald Jones (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
16 June 2003
Type
Fingerpost
Address
Fingerpost near Church of St Gwynno, Vaynor, Merthyr Tydfil
OS grid reference
SO 048 106
Coordinates
51.78607, -3.38051
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This fingerpost, located near the Church of St Gwynno, features a cast-iron shaft with two cast-iron indicator boards. One board is marked 'Pontsticill ¾ Talybont-on-Usk 11¼' and the other reads 'Vaynor Church ¼', both in raised capitals. At the top, there is a pierced roundel marked 'Brecon County' around the rim.

Local climate

Fingerpost near Church of St Gwynno sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,270 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% 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 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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