Churchyard Sundial Approximately 25 Metres South East of Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the North Lincolnshire local planning authority area, England. Sundial.
Churchyard Sundial Approximately 25 Metres South East of Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- carved-chalk-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Lincolnshire
- Constituency
- Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme MP: Lee Pitcher (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Sundial
- OS grid reference
- SK 765 998
- Coordinates
- 53.4896, -0.8484
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a sundial located approximately 25 metres south-east of the Church of St Nicholas, dating from the 18th century, with lower steps added in the 20th century. It is made of limestone ashlar, featuring concrete lower steps. The sundial has a square plan for the lower steps surrounding an original octagonal base that consists of three steps with moulded nosing. It supports a bulbous shaft with a moulded octagonal base and a moulded top that displays an inscribed sundial and gnomon. The sundial has a worn inscription that reads:
"Watch for you know not the Hour William (illegible date) Bird London."
There is a drawing of the sundial by C Nattes from 1794 in the Banks Collection at Lincoln City Library.
Local climate
Churchyard Sundial Approximately 25 Metres South East of Church of St Nicholas 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 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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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