Sundial in Garden of Ridge End is a Grade II listed building in the Stockport local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1985. Sundial. 1 related planning application.
Sundial in Garden of Ridge End
- WRENN ID
- cold-steel-marsh
- 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 in Garden of Ridge End, the Ridge, SK6 7ET
- OS grid reference
- SJ 965 865
- Coordinates
- 53.37571, -2.05396
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Sundial located in the garden of Ridge End, dating from the 17th century. It is made of stone and features a copper dial and gnomon. The sundial is supported by a cluster of four columns that rise from a square base. The dial itself, which displays Roman numerals, is situated on a shaped square base.
Local climate
Sundial in Garden of Ridge End 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 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2019
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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