Sundial, Piers and Wall to West of Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Gateshead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 November 1985. Sundial.

Sundial, Piers and Wall to West of Chapel

WRENN ID
brooding-oriel-hawthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gateshead
Constituency
Gateshead Central and Whickham MP: Mark Ferguson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 November 1985
Type
Sundial
Address
Sundial, Piers and Wall to West of Chapel, B6314
OS grid reference
NZ 171 582
Coordinates
54.91886, -1.7338
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The sundial, piers, and wall located to the west of the chapel in the Gibside Estate date from the late 18th century to early 19th century. The sundial is made of sandstone and bronze, featuring a cyma moulded plinth supporting a baluster that is decorated with garlands and acanthus leaves. A moulded stone slab holds a circular bronze dial engraved with the words "OMNIS SPRITUS LAUDET DOMINUM." The enclosure around the sundial is formed by a dwarf ashlar wall with low-sloping coping, flanked by two circular piers that have a cornice band and cyma coping. The original railings have been removed from this enclosure.

Local climate

Sundial, Piers and Wall to West of Chapel receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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