Sundial in Garden of Higher Shore Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Rochdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 April 1986. Sundial.
Sundial in Garden of Higher Shore Hall
- WRENN ID
- roaming-cobalt-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rochdale
- Constituency
- Rochdale MP: Paul Waugh (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 April 1986
- Type
- Sundial
- Address
- Sundial in Garden of Higher Shore Hall, Higher Shore Road
- OS grid reference
- SD 923 172
- Coordinates
- 53.65128, -2.11794
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The sundial in the garden of Higher Shore Hall dates from the 18th century and is made of dressed stone. It features a square baluster type shaft with a moulded head, although the dial and gnomon are missing.
Local climate
Sundial in Garden of Higher Shore Hall sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2003
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