Sundial approximately 5 metres south west of south porch, Church of St Helen is a Grade II listed building in the Ribble Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 1984. Sundial.
Sundial approximately 5 metres south west of south porch, Church of St Helen
- WRENN ID
- first-mullion-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ribble Valley
- Constituency
- Ribble Valley MP: Maya Ellis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 February 1984
- Type
- Sundial
- Address
- Sundial approximately 5 metres south west of south porch, Church of St Helen, BB7 3HS
- OS grid reference
- SD 728 438
- Coordinates
- 53.88977, -2.41459
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The sundial, located approximately 5 metres south west of the south porch of the Church of St. Helen, dates back to 1686 and was restored in the 20th century. It is made of sandstone and has a square section. Each face of the sundial is inscribed near the top with the following: IV 16 WC WC and TP 86 EH TT. The shaft is chamfered, with vertical grooves on each face. The lower part of the shaft is a restoration dated 1932. Although the sundial has a plate dated 1707, this appears to be a 20th-century copy.
Local climate
Sundial approximately 5 metres south west of south porch, Church of St Helen sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,310 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 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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