Sundial in Churchyard of St Oswalds Church, Backford is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1983. Sundial.
Sundial in Churchyard of St Oswalds Church, Backford
- WRENN ID
- distant-slate-nettle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Chester North and Neston MP: Samantha Dixon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 December 1983
- Type
- Sundial
- Address
- Sundial in Churchyard of St Oswalds Church, Backford, Church Lane
- OS grid reference
- SJ 397 716
- Coordinates
- 53.23875, -2.90347
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The sundial in the churchyard of St Oswald's Church in Backford is possibly from the 18th century and was inscribed in 1832. It features a sandstone baluster with a recess on top of a flat coping that originally held the sundial, which is now missing. The stem of the sundial is inscribed with the names John Hancott and Jos. Waring, who were the church wardens in 1832.
Local climate
Sundial in Churchyard of St Oswalds Church, Backford 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 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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