Sundial Approximately 40 Metres East of York Minster is a Grade II listed building in the York local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1983. Sundial.
Sundial Approximately 40 Metres East of York Minster
- WRENN ID
- gentle-entrance-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- York
- Constituency
- York Central MP: Rachael Maskell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1983
- Type
- Sundial
- OS grid reference
- SE 604 521
- Coordinates
- 53.96209, -1.08018
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This sundial, located approximately 40 metres east of York Minster, was originally built in 1730 and re-erected around 1955. It is made of stone and features a copper gnomen and lead straps. The sundial is circular in shape and stands about 3 metres high, with a fluted Doric column topped by a cubical sundial that has a cornice and a ball and pedestal finial. The column is surrounded by a flat seat supported by four lions in a reclining position. The sundial was moved from Drakelowe Hall in Burton-on-Trent by the Friends of York Minster and re-erected as part of improvements to College Green.
Local climate
Sundial Approximately 40 Metres East of York Minster receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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