Sundial at Mellor Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Stockport local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1985. Sundial.

Sundial at Mellor Hall

WRENN ID
spare-bonework-cedar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Stockport
Constituency
Hazel Grove MP: Lisa Smart (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 October 1985
Type
Sundial
Address
Sundial at Mellor Hall, Church Road
OS grid reference
SJ 985 892
Coordinates
53.40004, -2.02344
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The sundial at Mellor Hall dates from 1695 and features a stone structure with a copper dial and gnomon. It has a plain square shaft topped with a square head. The dial is inscribed with the words "Time Truth Trothe" and is set on a bowl-shaped base.

Local climate

Sundial at Mellor Hall 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 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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