Sundial in Front of Stapleford Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 November 1985. A C18 Sundial.

Sundial in Front of Stapleford Hall

WRENN ID
dreaming-terrace-lichen
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 in Front of Stapleford Hall, Ryecroft Lane, Tarvin
OS grid reference
SJ 489 645
Coordinates
53.17574, -2.76489
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The sundial in front of Stapleford Hall is a later 18th-century structure made of red sandstone ashlar. It features three circular steps with nosed treads that support a column baluster, which is decorated with an acanthus border around the base and topped with an Ionic capital, although the volutes are damaged. The original setting for an octagonal plate has been replaced by a smaller, more recent example. This sundial is listed for its group value with the hall.

Local climate

Sundial in Front of Stapleford 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 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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