Sundial, In Albert Park is a Grade II listed building in the Middlesbrough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 July 1988. Sundial. 1 related planning application.

Sundial, In Albert Park

WRENN ID: standing-gargoyle-magpie
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Middlesbrough
Country: England
Date first listed: 28 July 1988
Type: Sundial
Source: Historic England listing

Description

NZ 41 NE (4919) 3/65

MIDDLESBROUGH PARK ROAD. Sundial, in Albert Park.

G.V. II

Sundial dated:1876 and 1879, by John Smith (Stockton), for H.W.F. Bolckow (ironmaster). Sandstone ashlar; bronze gnomon. Gothic style. Sundial inscribed on painted tablet, dated 1876, under segmental-pointed recess, in pilaster-and-gable surround. Roundel in gable dated 1879. Deep plinth has gabled angle buttresses and slate tablet inscribed: "Equation of Time for Every 5th Day of the Month", followed by table. Sundial has 3 concentric dials giving time in New York, Melbourne and the Park. Greek mottoes in spandrels. Square border inscribed : "TIME BY MOMENTS STEALS AWAY FIRST THE HOUR THEN THE DAY". Diagram of solar system above dials, with 12 signs of zodiac in oval border. Below sundial, verse now partly eroded. Blank panel in similar surround on reverse side. Dilapidated at time of resurvey.

Listing NGR: NZ4927019109

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