Sundial in St Bartholomew's Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 August 1984. Sundial.
Sundial in St Bartholomew's Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- far-crypt-reed
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Runcorn and Helsby MP: Sarah Pochin (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 August 1984
- Type
- Sundial
- Address
- Sundial in St Bartholomew's Churchyard, Barrow
- OS grid reference
- SJ 469 683
- Coordinates
- 53.20935, -2.79588
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The sundial in St. Bartholomew's Churchyard, located in Great Barrow, is a Grade II listed structure. The shaft of the sundial is likely medieval, while the plate is dated 1705. It is made of ashlar red sandstone and features a square base with two steps. The base has a socket that holds a slightly tapering octagonal shaft topped with a coved cap of buff sandstone. The small square sundial plate is inscribed with the names Robert Hankinson, Richard Robinson, and the date 1705. It is believed that the shaft originally belonged to a churchyard cross that was broken in 1613. Parish accounts indicate that a dialstone was repaired and set up in 1779.
Local climate
Sundial in St Bartholomew's Churchyard receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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