Sundial Approximately 5 Metres South of Ackhurst Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Wigan local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 May 1988. Sundial.
Sundial Approximately 5 Metres South of Ackhurst Hall
- WRENN ID
- solemn-oriel-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wigan
- Constituency
- Wigan MP: Lisa Nandy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 May 1988
- Type
- Sundial
- OS grid reference
- SD 545 068
- Coordinates
- 53.55635, -2.6877
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 17th-century sundial located approximately 5 meters south of Ackhurst Hall. It is made of stone and features two round steps and a baluster, along with a round plinth. The flat top of the sundial is not original.
Local climate
Sundial Approximately 5 Metres South of Ackhurst Hall sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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