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
- Constituency
- Middlesbrough and Thornaby East MP: Andy McDonald (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 July 1988
- Type
- Sundial
- Address
- Sundial, in Albert Park, Park Road
- OS grid reference
- NZ 492 191
- Coordinates
- 54.56483, -1.23954
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The sundial located in Albert Park, Middlesbrough, was created in 1876 and 1879 by John Smith from Stockton for H.W.F. Bolckow, an ironmaster. It is made of sandstone ashlar and features a bronze gnomon in a Gothic style. The sundial is inscribed on a painted tablet, which is dated 1876 and set under a segmental-pointed recess surrounded by a pilaster-and-gable design. There is a roundel in the gable that is dated 1879.
The deep plinth includes gabled angle buttresses and a slate tablet that reads: "Equation of Time for Every 5th Day of the Month," followed by a table. The sundial has three concentric dials that indicate time in New York, Melbourne, and the park itself. Greek mottoes are present in the spandrels, and a square border is inscribed with the phrase: "TIME BY MOMENTS STEALS AWAY FIRST THE HOUR THEN THE DAY." Above the dials, there is a diagram of the solar system, along with twelve signs of the zodiac in an oval border. Below the sundial, there is a verse that is now partly eroded. The reverse side features a blank panel in a similar surround. The sundial was noted to be dilapidated at the time of resurvey.
Local climate
Sundial, in Albert Park receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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