Sundial Circa 10 Metres West of St Stephen's Old School in St Stephen's Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Blackburn with Darwen local planning authority area, England. Sundial.
Sundial Circa 10 Metres West of St Stephen's Old School in St Stephen's Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- spare-rampart-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Constituency
- Rossendale and Darwen MP: Andy MacNae (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Sundial
- OS grid reference
- SD 659 233
- Coordinates
- 53.70582, -2.51679
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This sundial, located approximately 10 metres west of St. Stephen's Old School in St. Stephen's churchyard, is likely from the 19th century. It is made of sandstone and features an octagonal base surrounded by short spear-headed railings. The pedestal is supported by four clustered colonnettes that hold a circular table, although the plate and gnomon are missing. The base is inscribed with the name "G. Thornber sculpt."
Local climate
Sundial Circa 10 Metres West of St Stephen's Old School in St Stephen's Churchyard sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% 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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