Sundial on Lawn West of Rokeby Park is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1987. A Medieval Sundial.

Sundial on Lawn West of Rokeby Park

WRENN ID
pitched-newel-hawthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 October 1987
Type
Sundial
Period
Medieval
OS grid reference
NZ 082 141
Coordinates
54.52292, -1.87412
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The sundial located on the lawn west of Rokeby Park is a Grade II listed structure. It features a medieval shaft made of grey limestone that contains fossil corals. The shaft has a semi-octagonal shape, a moulded cap, and carved heraldry on its front faces. It stands on a later square base. This shaft may have originally been part of a tomb recess, likely dating from the 15th century, and is thought to have been brought from Egglestone Abbey. The 20th-century bronze sundial on top is not considered of interest.

Local climate

Sundial on Lawn West of Rokeby Park receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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