Sundial Approximately 5.5 Metres South of Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Sefton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 January 1986. Sundial.
Sundial Approximately 5.5 Metres South of Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- rusted-corbel-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sefton
- Constituency
- Sefton Central MP: Bill Esterson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 January 1986
- Type
- Sundial
- OS grid reference
- SD 299 082
- Coordinates
- 53.56627, -3.05963
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This sundial, located approximately 5.5 metres south of the Church of St. Peter, is likely from the 18th century. It is made of stone and features a Tuscan column topped with a square abacus on cyma moulding. The sundial has a metal plate, but the gnomon is missing.
Local climate
Sundial Approximately 5.5 Metres South of Church of St Peter sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,240 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 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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