Sundial South of Church of St Helen is a Grade II listed building in the Wyre local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1986. Sundial.
Sundial South of Church of St Helen
- WRENN ID
- vacant-jamb-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wyre
- Constituency
- Lancaster and Wyre MP: Cat Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 January 1986
- Type
- Sundial
- Address
- Sundial South of Church of St Helen, Kirkland
- OS grid reference
- SD 481 427
- Coordinates
- 53.87859, -2.79002
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The sundial, located south of the Church of St Helen, dates back to 1757. It is made of sandstone and features a baluster column supported by a base consisting of two circular steps. The original plate and gnomon are missing, but historical records indicate that the plate was inscribed with the year '1757'.
Local climate
Sundial South of Church of St Helen sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,350 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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