St Oswald's Churchyard. Sundial South of West End of Nave of St Oswald's Church is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 1986. Sundial.
St Oswald's Churchyard. Sundial South of West End of Nave of St Oswald's Church
- WRENN ID
- woven-paling-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Tatton MP: Esther McVey (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 August 1986
- Type
- Sundial
- Address
- St Oswald's Churchyard. Sundial South of West End of Nave of St Oswald's Church, the Cobbles, Nether Peover
- OS grid reference
- SJ 743 741
- Coordinates
- 53.26377, -2.38662
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The sundial located south of the west end of the nave of St. Oswald's Church in Nether Peover dates from the 18th century and is made of stone. It features an octagonal shaft that stands on square steps, which are set at an angle. The shaft supports a square dial on a square stone head, although the name and date on the dial are not legible. The sundial includes a gnomon.
Local climate
St Oswald's Churchyard. Sundial South of West End of Nave of St Oswald's Church sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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