Sundial to Rear of the Old Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Trafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 July 1985. Sundial.
Sundial to Rear of the Old Farm
- WRENN ID
- ragged-buttress-bramble
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Trafford
- Constituency
- Altrincham and Sale West MP: Mr Connor Rand (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 July 1985
- Type
- Sundial
- Address
- Sundial to Rear of the Old Farm, Hill Top Drive, WA15 0JN
- OS grid reference
- SJ 783 864
- Coordinates
- 53.37484, -2.32699
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century sundial located to the rear of The Old Farm. It features a stone shaft with a copper dial and gnomon. The shaft is of baluster type, has a fluted bowl, and stands on a square plinth.
Local climate
Sundial to Rear of the Old Farm 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 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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