Sundial Approximately 4 Metres South of Porch of Church of St Peter and St Paul is a Grade II listed building in the West Lancashire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 August 1972. Sundial.
Sundial Approximately 4 Metres South of Porch of Church of St Peter and St Paul
- WRENN ID
- ragged-lead-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Lancashire
- Constituency
- West Lancashire MP: Ashley Dalton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 August 1972
- Type
- Sundial
- OS grid reference
- SD 412 084
- Coordinates
- 53.56908, -2.88789
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century sundial located approximately 4 meters south of the porch of the Church of St Peter and St Paul in Ormskirk. It is made of sandstone and features a base consisting of two square steps. The sundial has an elaborate vase pedestal supported by four consoles at the foot, a central globe, a fluted collar, and a carved cap. The plate and gnomon are missing.
Local climate
Sundial Approximately 4 Metres South of Porch of Church of St Peter and St Paul sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,220 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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