Sundial at Willington Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 November 1985. Sundial.

Sundial at Willington Hall

WRENN ID
leaning-hinge-hazel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 November 1985
Type
Sundial
Address
Sundial at Willington Hall, Willington Lane
OS grid reference
SJ 533 659
Coordinates
53.18848, -2.70011
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The sundial at Willington Hall was created around 1830 for Colonel W. Tomkinson. It is made of buff sandstone and features a square base that supports a square pier. The pier has a moulded plinth and strapwork details on its body, topped with a projecting moulded capstone. The sundial includes a well-crafted circular bronze plate displaying Italic Roman numerals and the latitude.

Local climate

Sundial at Willington Hall 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 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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