Sundial in the Churchyard of St Andrew 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 in the Churchyard of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- little-storey-solstice
- 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 the Churchyard of St Andrew, Church Street, Tarvin
- OS grid reference
- SJ 491 669
- Coordinates
- 53.19717, -2.76247
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The sundial in the churchyard of St Andrew dates from the mid 18th century and is made of buff sandstone. It features a column baluster that stands on three circular steps. The sundial has a simply moulded base, a band below halfway, and a simply moulded cap. It originally had a good bronze plate signed "ROB T GAWLEY CHESTER," which displayed numerals in italicised Roman lettering, the points of the compass, and an engraved central star. The sundial also featured a scrolled gnomon. However, both the bronze plate and the scrolled gnomon are currently missing, believed to have been stolen in 1995.
Local climate
Sundial in the Churchyard of St Andrew 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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- Church House
- The Vicarage
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