Sundial in Garden 16 Metres East of Shildon Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 May 1988. Sundial.
Sundial in Garden 16 Metres East of Shildon Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- rough-flint-thunder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 May 1988
- Type
- Sundial
- OS grid reference
- NZ 021 680
- Coordinates
- 55.00739, -1.96716
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a sundial from the mid-18th century located in the garden, 16 metres east of Shildon farmhouse. It is made of sandstone and features a moulded square base. The sundial has dials inscribed with the names 'Rome, Italy', 'Bordeaux', and 'Mexico, Acapulco', and it carries a near-life-size figure of Father Time, who is lightly draped and holding a winged hourglass. On the back of the figure, there are broken wings and a cartouche that includes a scythe and a self-swallowing serpent. The figure supports a facetted block that has additional dials, with two inscribed 'MADAGASCAR' and 'Ephesus, Asia'.
Local climate
Sundial in Garden 16 Metres East of Shildon Farmhouse receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2020
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