Sundial to West of St Peters Church is a Grade II listed building in the Wirral local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1986. Sundial.
Sundial to West of St Peters Church
- WRENN ID
- first-stair-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wirral
- Constituency
- Wirral West MP: Matthew Patrick (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1986
- Type
- Sundial
- Address
- Sundial to West of St Peters Church, Village Road
- OS grid reference
- SJ 265 812
- Coordinates
- 53.32262, -3.10397
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This sundial, dated 1726, is located to the west of St. Peter's Church on Wirral Village Road in Heswall. It is made of stone and features a baluster form set on two circular steps. The sundial has an octagonal plate and a gnomon.
Local climate
Sundial to West of St Peters Church sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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