Signpost at junction with Fairwater Road is a Grade II listed building in the Cardiff local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 18 July 2002. Monument.

Signpost at junction with Fairwater Road

WRENN ID
roaming-roof-ochre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cardiff
Constituency
Cardiff West MP: Mr Alex Barros-Curtis (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
18 July 2002
Type
Monument
OS grid reference
ST 139 774
Coordinates
51.4897, -3.24048
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a cast iron signpost located at the junction with Fairwater Road. It features a fluted column that stands on a moulded base. The signpost has three arms, each displaying relief lettering indicating directions: "TO ST FAGANS," "TO ELY," and "TO LLANDAFF." The column also has a cast inscription that reads "D EVANS EAGLE FOUNDRY LLANDAFF 1909."

Local climate

Signpost at junction with Fairwater Road sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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