Sundial Circa 5 Metres South of West End of Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the West Lancashire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1986. Sundial.
Sundial Circa 5 Metres South of West End of Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- grim-cobalt-marsh
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Lancashire
- Constituency
- Southport MP: Patrick Hurley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1986
- Type
- Sundial
- OS grid reference
- SD 464 156
- Coordinates
- 53.63491, -2.81186
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This sundial, located approximately 5 metres south of the west end of the Church of St Mary the Virgin, is the base of a former medieval preaching cross. Made of stone, it is a broad square block with a weathered and worn top, which may have been used for sharpening tools or weapons. The sides of the block feature inscribed lettering indicating that it is a preaching cross dated to 1000 AD. This piece was removed from the village green in 1818. It was later used as a base for a sundial mounted on a dressed stone column, which has since been removed or stolen around the year 2000.
Local climate
Sundial Circa 5 Metres South of West End of Church of St Mary the Virgin sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,160 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% 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 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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