Sundial in the Front Garden, The Holly Bush Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1986. Sundial.

Sundial in the Front Garden, The Holly Bush Public House

WRENN ID
gentle-garret-storm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Tatton MP: Esther McVey (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 July 1986
Type
Sundial
Address
Sundial in the Front Garden, The Holly Bush Public House, Warrington Road, Dutton
OS grid reference
SJ 605 770
Coordinates
53.28865, -2.59306
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: EPC · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

The sundial in the front garden of The Holly Bush Public House is dated 1816 and is made of washed buff sandstone. It features a circular base with a blunt nosed arris and a circular column that is half fluted. The column stands on a square plinth and has a moulded cornice, topped with a square cap that holds a square copper plate and a damaged gnomon. This sundial is included in the listing for its group value only.

Local climate

Sundial in the Front Garden, The Holly Bush Public House 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
  • No sale records on file
  • No related consent applications matched
  • 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
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

See all similar buildings →

this building   1 similar   nearby listed buildings

Nearby listed buildings

  1. The Holly Bush Public House Grade II 18 m
  2. Barn to Rear (South East) of the Holly Bush Public House Grade II 35 m
  3. Fairlawns Grade II 41 m
  4. Holly Bush Cottage Grade II 41 m
  5. Trent and Mersey Canal Bridge Number 210 Grade II 667 m
  6. Trent and Mersey Canal Canal Milepost at Ngr 602 765 Grade II 683 m
  7. Bartington Hall Farmhouse Grade II 774 m
  8. Trent and Mersey Canal Willowgreen Bridge (Canal Bridge Number 208) Grade II 786 m
  9. Boundary Stone on North Side of Whitleybrook Bridge Grade II 1.2 km
  10. Trent and Mersey Canal Bridge Number 211 Grade II 1.3 km