MEM23419 - Redpost or Red Post signpost, Luccombe (Building)

Summary

The sign post has a red painted base. It is of a mid 20th Century type, and replaced a post shown and named on historic mapping in the late 19th Century.

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Type and Period (2)

Protected Status

Full Description

A guide post is marked on modern MasterMap data. [1] The signpost was visited in October 2015 and its condition assessed. It has SCC (Somerset County Council) repeated on the four sides of a pyramid finial. The attached fingers read: FILTER STATION WEST LUCCOMBE 1/4 PORLOCK 3/4 A39; interlocking with MINEHEAD 5 1/4 A39 HORNER 3/4 LUCCOMBE 2 The collar reads REDPOST. The post was made by Sheldon Wells. [2] A Guide Post is shown here on the 25 inch 1st Edition Ordnance Survey map and named Red Post. [3] "Post" probably indicates that at some point a marker or guide post was set up to help travellers, especially useful across open moorland. SS 8971 4650. Red Post is named and shown as a guide post on the 1st Edition Ordnance Survey map [3]. It is the only post on Exmoor known traditionally to have been a different colour and has a painted red post. [4] The heritage asset was assessed for inclusion on the Exmoor Local Heritage List in February 2024. It was decided to add the asset to the Local Heritage List. [5]

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. 2016. MasterMap.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Various. 2015. Exmoor and West Somerset Signpost Survey Pilot. 8680023.
  • <3> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1854-1901. County Series; 1st Edition 25 Inch Map. 1:2500.
  • <4> Monograph: Blackman, H., Blaylock, S., Thomas, C. and Wall, N.. 2019. A field guide to Exmoor's traditional roadside fingerposts. Exmoor National Park Authority. 1st Edition. p 20, 35.
  • <5> Unpublished document: Exmoor National Park Authority. 2024. Exmoor Local Heritage List assessed by the Panel on 21 February 2024.

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Other Statuses/References

  • Local Heritage List Status (Listed)
  • Signpost Project Pilot 2015 (C): 8680023

Map

Location

Grid reference SS 2897 1465 (point) MasterMap
Map sheet SS21SE
Civil Parish LUCCOMBE, WEST SOMERSET, SOMERSET

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Record last edited

Apr 23 2024 2:58PM

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