Sundial south of main doorway, Browsholme Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Ribble Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1983. Sundial.
Sundial south of main doorway, Browsholme Hall
- WRENN ID
- leaning-entrance-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ribble Valley
- Constituency
- Ribble Valley MP: Maya Ellis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1983
- Type
- Sundial
- Address
- Sundial south of main doorway, Browsholme Hall, Bowland Forest Low
- OS grid reference
- SD 684 452
- Coordinates
- 53.90208, -2.48171
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The sundial located south of the main doorway at Browsholme Hall dates back to the 17th century. It is made of sandstone and features a brass plate. The sundial has an octagonal shape, becoming square where it is socketed into a square base. The top is octagonal with a cyma moulding. The shaft consists of two pieces of stone, each adorned with decorative bosses on four sides near the top. The lower part of the upper stone is inscribed, and the inscription appears to read as follows:
CH RI ST OP HE RV ST RV AN GE NE RO SV S 8 EM ND O N 16 77 IO H.
Local climate
Sundial south of main doorway, Browsholme Hall 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 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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