Sundial Approximately 10 Metres South of Whitgift Hall is a Grade II listed building in the East Riding of Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 1967. Sundial.
Sundial Approximately 10 Metres South of Whitgift Hall
- WRENN ID
- fossil-grate-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Goole and Pocklington MP: David Davis (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 February 1967
- Type
- Sundial
- OS grid reference
- SE 816 227
- Coordinates
- 53.69522, -0.7646
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This sundial, located approximately 10 metres south of Whitgift Hall, dates from the 18th century, with a base added in the 19th to 20th century. It is made of limestone and features a brass dial and gnomon. The sundial has a circular moulded base that supports a bulbous baluster-shaped shaft, which is adorned with foliate relief carving on the lower section. The neck of the shaft flares out to a moulded top. The dial is inscribed with hours, months, compass points, and the maker's name: Joseph Cox, Barbican, London. It stands in the centre of a flower bed to the south of Whitgift Hall.
Local climate
Sundial Approximately 10 Metres South of Whitgift Hall sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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