Sundial is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1986. A C18 Sundial. 1 related planning application.
Sundial
- WRENN ID
- deep-frieze-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Tatton MP: Esther McVey (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1986
- Type
- Sundial
- Address
- Sundial, the Village, Whitley, WA4 4EN
- OS grid reference
- SJ 614 788
- Coordinates
- 53.30551, -2.58028
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The sundial in the churchyard of the Church of St Luke in Lower Whitley is likely from the mid-18th century and is made of buff stone. It features a square stone base and a vase-shaped baluster that includes an octagonal plinth. The original bevelled square stone cap has been replaced, and both the dial and gnomon have been removed.
Local climate
Sundial receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2013
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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