Signpost at road junction SE of St Cynog's church is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 6 August 2002. Signpost.

Signpost at road junction SE of St Cynog's church

WRENN ID
former-pedestal-thistle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Brecon Beacons National Park
Constituency
Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare MP: Gerald Jones (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
6 August 2002
Type
Signpost
Address
Signpost at road junction SE of St Cynog's church, Penderyn, Hirwaun, Rhondda Cynon Taff
OS grid reference
SN 945 085
Coordinates
51.76526, -3.52998
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a cast iron signpost from around 1900, located at a road junction southeast of St Cynog's church. The signpost features an open circle at the top with the words 'Brecon County' in raised letters. It has three sign plates that are painted white with raised black borders, indicating directions to Hirwaun, Rhigos, Ystradfellte, and Brecon, all with raised letters and numerals painted in black.

Local climate

Signpost at road junction SE of St Cynog's church sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,340 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 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% 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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