Sundial 10 Metres in Front of Shell Cottage 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 10 Metres in Front of Shell Cottage at Adlington Hall

WRENN ID
tenth-doorway-hawk
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire East
Constituency
Macclesfield MP: Tim Roca (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 July 1984
Type
Sundial
OS grid reference
SJ 905 802
Coordinates
53.31923, -2.14363
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The sundial, located 10 meters in front of Shell Cottage at Adlington Hall, is likely from the early 18th century and was created for John Legh. It was moved to its current position in the mid-18th century. The sundial is made of buff sandstone and features a square base with a crude, low domed top that supports a barrel-shaped pillar with a bead moulding at the top. Atop the pillar is an octagonal copper plate, which is becoming worn, and a pierced triangular gnomon. The plate displays Roman numerals, notes the longitude of Adlington, and includes John Legh's initials. It is believed that the pillar may have originally served as a Saxon cross base, with another similar pillar relocated to the Mount in Prestbury.

Local climate

Sundial 10 Metres in Front of Shell Cottage 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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