Sundial Base South of Church of St. Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 March 1985. A C18 Sundial.
Sundial Base South of Church of St. Michael
- WRENN ID
- tired-sandstone-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lancaster
- Constituency
- Lancaster and Wyre MP: Cat Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 March 1985
- Type
- Sundial
- Address
- Sundial Base South of Church of St. Michael, Cockerham
- OS grid reference
- SD 462 518
- Coordinates
- 53.95991, -2.82066
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The sundial base, located south of the Church of St. Michael, dates from the 18th century and is made of sandstone. It features a fluted Doric column topped with a cyma-moulded capital, which is set into a semi-circular step that has a nosing. The design of the semi-circular step and the tapering of the column towards the top indicate that the sundial base was likely originally positioned against a wall.
Local climate
Sundial Base South of Church of St. Michael sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,370 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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