Sundial Base South of Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1985. A C18 Sundial.
Sundial Base South of Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- tangled-foundation-weasel
- 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 Base South of Church of St John the Baptist, Church Lane, Tunstall
- OS grid reference
- SD 614 739
- Coordinates
- 54.15951, -2.59249
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The sundial base, likely from the 18th century, is made of sandstone and is located south of the Church of St John the Baptist. It features a round column that stands on a base consisting of three octagonal steps. The sundial has a square cap with roll moulding underneath. The sundial plate is missing, and the structure is overgrown, making it not fully visible at the time of the survey.
Local climate
Sundial Base South of Church of St John the Baptist sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,350 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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