Sundial 20 Metres East of Hall Porch is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. Sundial.
Sundial 20 Metres East of Hall Porch
- WRENN ID
- ghost-gravel-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Sundial
- OS grid reference
- NU 168 047
- Coordinates
- 55.33623, -1.73552
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The sundial, dated 1906, is located 20 metres east of the hall porch in Newton-on-the-Moor. It is made of ashlar stone and features a bronze element. The sundial has an octagonal base with two steps that supports a shaft, which is square in plan with concave faces and chamfered corners, and has a swept profile. The side facing the house includes a carved solar disc beneath a cartouche that displays the date and the initials C.W. (Cecilia Widdrington). It also features a fluted frieze and a moulded cornice. The top of the sundial is adorned with an inlaid dial that includes a gnomon, bronze scrolls, a quotation from Macbeth, and a plate with a sonnet written by S.F. Widdrington.
Local climate
Sundial 20 Metres East of Hall Porch receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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