Sundial to South of Porch to St Mary's Church is a Grade II listed building in the Wirral local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1986. Sundial.
Sundial to South of Porch to St Mary's Church
- WRENN ID
- guardian-beam-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wirral
- Constituency
- Ellesmere Port and Bromborough MP: Justin Madders (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1986
- Type
- Sundial
- Address
- Sundial to South of Porch to St Mary's Church, Church Lane
- OS grid reference
- SJ 360 800
- Coordinates
- 53.31309, -2.96141
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The sundial, located to the south of the porch of St. Mary's Church, dates back to 1798. It is made of stone and features a simple baluster form with a recessed band on a square base, topped with an octagonal cap. The plate and gnomon are currently missing.
Local climate
Sundial to South of Porch to St Mary's Church sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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