Sundial in front of orangery of Heaton Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1994. A C18 Sundial.
Sundial in front of orangery of Heaton Hall
- WRENN ID
- narrow-rotunda-merlin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Manchester
- Constituency
- Blackley and Middleton South MP: Graham Stringer (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 June 1994
- Type
- Sundial
- Address
- Sundial in front of orangery of Heaton Hall, Heaton Park
- OS grid reference
- SD 833 044
- Coordinates
- 53.53639, -2.25213
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The sundial located in front of the orangery of Heaton Hall is a Grade II listed structure, dated 1756 and crafted by Daniel Clegg, a joiner from Manchester. It is made of sandstone and features a vase-shaped pedestal that is intricately carved with leaves at both the base and neck, along with drapery around the body. The sundial has a copper plate that includes an inscription with the signature and the date 1756, although the gnomon is damaged. This sundial is the only remaining relic of the mid-18th century park before it was remodeled later in the 18th century.
Local climate
Sundial in front of orangery of Heaton Hall sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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