Sundial Shaft Approximately 18 Metres South of Parish Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 April 1979. Sundial.
Sundial Shaft Approximately 18 Metres South of Parish Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- peeling-chimney-quill
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lancaster
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 April 1979
- Type
- Sundial
- OS grid reference
- SD 410 616
- Coordinates
- 54.04723, -2.90174
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The sundial shaft, dated 1696, is located approximately 18 meters south of the Parish Church of St Peter in Heysham. It is carved from a single piece of sandstone and is set on a base consisting of two steps. The shaft has a square plan, with the lower part stop-chamfered to create an octagonal shape. The upper part of the shaft features corners that are cut away, forming a square at a 45-degree angle to the main square. At the top, there is a square cap inscribed with '1696' on the south side. The sundial plate is currently missing.
Local climate
Sundial Shaft Approximately 18 Metres South of Parish Church of St Peter sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,380 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, 13 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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