Sundial in Graveyard to South of Church of St Michael and All Angels is a Grade II listed building in the Tameside local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 February 1986. Sundial.
Sundial in Graveyard to South of Church of St Michael and All Angels
- WRENN ID
- muted-soffit-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tameside
- Constituency
- Stalybridge and Hyde MP: Jonathan Reynolds (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 February 1986
- Type
- Sundial
- Address
- Sundial in Graveyard to South of Church of St Michael and All Angels, War Hill
- OS grid reference
- SJ 994 952
- Coordinates
- 53.4542, -2.0102
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a sundial located in the graveyard to the south of the Church of St. Michael and All Angels, dated 1811. It features a stone shaft topped with a copper dial and gnomon. The shaft is circular, leading to an octagonal head and a stepped octagonal base. The copper dial displays Roman numerals.
Local climate
Sundial in Graveyard to South of Church of St Michael and All Angels sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 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 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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