Sundial 3 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the South Ribble local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 February 1984. Sundial.
Sundial 3 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- waiting-solder-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Ribble
- Constituency
- South Ribble MP: Mr Paul Foster (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 February 1984
- Type
- Sundial
- OS grid reference
- SD 523 289
- Coordinates
- 53.75509, -2.72359
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This sundial is located 3 metres south of the tower of the Church of St. Mary in Penwortham. It was made in 1815 by T. Pritt and features a stone base with a brass plate and gnomon. The base consists of two circular stone steps leading up to a square plinth, topped by an octagonal column with a circular moulded capital. The engraved plate on the inner ring reads "T. PRITT FECIT" with "1815" below, along with the names of churchwardens J. Pemberton, T. Holme, I. Cliff, and D. Moss. The gnomon is made of cast openwork.
Local climate
Sundial 3 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Mary sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,300 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 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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