Sundial and Shaft South of Nave in St Mary the Virgin Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1984. Sundial.

Sundial and Shaft South of Nave in St Mary the Virgin Churchyard

WRENN ID
secret-step-sparrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire East
Constituency
Macclesfield MP: Tim Roca (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 June 1984
Type
Sundial
Address
Sundial and Shaft South of Nave in St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Leek Road, Bosley
OS grid reference
SJ 918 655
Coordinates
53.18687, -2.124
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The sundial, which is missing its gnomon, is located south of the nave in the churchyard of St Mary the Virgin. It is likely from the early 19th century and features a copper dial mounted on a short, tapered square shaft made of gritstone. The shaft has a square head and rests on a weathered red sandstone base. The initials of the churchwarden are engraved on the dial.

Local climate

Sundial and Shaft South of Nave in St Mary the Virgin Churchyard sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% 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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