Sundial in Centre of Walled Garden, 20 Metres West of Selaby Hall is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. Sundial.
Sundial in Centre of Walled Garden, 20 Metres West of Selaby Hall
- WRENN ID
- quiet-spandrel-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1985
- Type
- Sundial
- OS grid reference
- NZ 152 183
- Coordinates
- 54.56004, -1.76536
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The sundial, dating from the late 18th century to early 19th century, is located in the center of a walled garden, 20 meters west of Selaby Hall. It features a bronze sundial mounted on a sandstone pier. The sundial is supported by a pier made up of four clustered colonnettes and stands at the center of a quatrefoil-plan base, which is formed by four pointed arches laid flat on the ground.
Local climate
Sundial in Centre of Walled Garden, 20 Metres West of Selaby Hall receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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