Sundial to East of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Stockport local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1985. A Medieval Sundial.
Sundial to East of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- fossil-loft-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stockport
- Constituency
- Cheadle MP: Tom Morrison (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 October 1985
- Type
- Sundial
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Sundial to East of Church of St Mary, Church Street
- OS grid reference
- SJ 856 886
- Coordinates
- 53.39446, -2.21727
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The sundial located to the east of the Church of St. Mary is a Grade II listed structure, originally a medieval cross shaft. It is made of stone and features a copper dial and gnomon. The sundial has a large, shaped monolithic base that includes a square housing for the shaft. The square shaft has chamfered corners that taper towards the bottom, and it is topped with an ornate gnomon.
Local climate
Sundial to East of Church of St Mary 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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