Sundial 5 Metres South East of South Porch, Church of All Hallows is a Grade II listed building in the Ribble Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 1984. Sundial.
Sundial 5 Metres South East of South Porch, Church of All Hallows
- WRENN ID
- knotted-passage-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ribble Valley
- Constituency
- Ribble Valley MP: Maya Ellis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 February 1984
- Type
- Sundial
- OS grid reference
- SD 715 389
- Coordinates
- 53.84605, -2.43391
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This sundial, located 5 metres southeast of the south porch of the Church of All Hallows, dates from 1683 and is made of sandstone. It has a square plan and is set into a square base. The lower half of the sundial is fluted, while the upper half tapers and features a moulded cap. Inscribed on the sides halfway up are the initials 'FD WD 1683 RG GR SIF'. The brass plate on the sundial is inscribed with the name 'John Greenwood Junior Aug 18th 1749'.
Local climate
Sundial 5 Metres South East of South Porch, Church of All Hallows sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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