Sundial Circa 10 Metres On West Side Of Church Of St Chad is a Grade II listed building in the Chorley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 1984. Sundial.

Sundial Circa 10 Metres On West Side Of Church Of St Chad

WRENN ID: weathered-keep-spring
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Chorley
Country: England
Date first listed: 21 February 1984
Type: Sundial
Source: Historic England listing

Description

SD 52 SE WHITTLE-LE-WOODS TOWN LANE

3/172 Sundial c. 10 metres on west - side of Church of St. Chad

GV II

Sundial, dated 1767. Stone. Very simple tapered column with swelling base, on a short cylindrical pedestal with splayed square foot (all one piece); annular cap with brass plate and scrolled gnomon. Plate, inscribed "J. Horrocks 1767" has 16 inscribed lines of bearing to named places, inter alia "Constantinople", "Rome", "Lisbon", "Goa", "Mexico", "Quebeck", in puzzling relation to one another, and of an orientation which suggests that it is grossly ex situ. (Inscribed latitude 53°4O': Whittle-le-Woods is at 53°35').

Listing NGR: SD5960420812

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