Sundial at Centre of South Front Lawn at Adlington Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1984. Sundial.

Sundial at Centre of South Front Lawn at Adlington Hall

WRENN ID
tall-crypt-kestrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire East
Constituency
Macclesfield MP: Tim Roca (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 July 1984
Type
Sundial
Address
Sundial at Centre of South Front Lawn at Adlington Hall, Mill Lane
OS grid reference
SJ 904 804
Coordinates
53.32054, -2.14441
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The sundial at the center of the south front lawn at Adlington Hall is likely from around 1825. It is made of buff sandstone and features a pair of circular steps with moulded nosing that support a partly fluted baluster on an octagonal base. Atop this is a projecting moulded octagonal capstone, which holds a now worn copper plate and a simple triangular plate gnomon. The plate displays Roman numerals and the initials TL in copper plate lettering, probably representing Thomas Legh VI, who was the lord of the manor from 1822 to 1829.

Local climate

Sundial at Centre of South Front Lawn at Adlington Hall sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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