GUIDE POST ON TRAFFIC ISLAND AT JUNCTION WITH LONG LANE
List Entry Summary
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Name: GUIDE POST ON TRAFFIC ISLAND AT JUNCTION WITH LONG LANE List entry Number: 1355160
Location
GUIDE POST ON TRAFFIC ISLAND AT JUNCTION WITH LONG LANE, PONTEFRACT ROAD
Grade: II
Date first listed: 25-Mar-1968
Details
ACKWORTH PONTEFRACT ROAD SE41NW (east side) High Ackworth 2/17 Guide post on traffic 25.3.1968 island at junction with Long Lane – II
Guide post. Dated 1827 at top of west side. Sandstone (part rendered). Octagonal in section, and approx. 3 metres high; base of 2 chamfered blocks; tapered column, large triangular cap with ball finial surmounted by small cup-shaped iron bracket with a spur. Top of west side of column inscribed “1827”. Painted lettering and finger pointers on side of cap:-
Pontefract 21⁄2 Barnsley 10 (west side) Darrington 3 York 29 (north-east side) Sheffield 13 East Hardwick 21⁄2 (south-east side)
National Grid Reference: SE4440318062
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