Sundial South of Church of St Wilfrid is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1985. Sundial.
Sundial South of Church of St Wilfrid
- WRENN ID
- fading-roof-dawn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lancaster
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 December 1985
- Type
- Sundial
- Address
- Sundial South of Church of St Wilfrid, Main Street, Melling-With-Wrayton
- OS grid reference
- SD 598 711
- Coordinates
- 54.13459, -2.61645
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The sundial located south of the Church of St Wilfrid is likely from the 18th century. It is made of sandstone and features a brass plate and gnomon. The base of the sundial is roughly square in shape, while the shaft is rectangular and tapers with chamfered edges. The plate is inscribed with the name 'S[?] Simpson Fecit'.
Local climate
Sundial South of Church of St Wilfrid sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,320 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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