Sundial Approximately 2 Metres from South Wall of Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1994. Sundial.
Sundial Approximately 2 Metres from South Wall of Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-merlon-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Manchester
- Constituency
- Manchester Withington MP: Jeff Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 June 1994
- Type
- Sundial
- OS grid reference
- SJ 846 903
- Coordinates
- 53.40991, -2.23172
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a sundial located approximately 2 meters from the south wall of the Church of St James in Didsbury, Manchester. It is likely from the 18th century and made of sandstone. The sundial features a square base and a columnar pedestal with a square foot and a moulded annular cap. However, the plate and gnomon are missing.
Local climate
Sundial Approximately 2 Metres from South Wall of Church of St James sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% 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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