Sundial, Approximately 7 Metres to South West of Church of Saint Helen is a Grade II listed building in the York local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1986. Sundial.
Sundial, Approximately 7 Metres to South West of Church of Saint Helen
- WRENN ID
- waiting-nave-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- York
- Constituency
- York Outer MP: Mr Luke Charters (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 March 1986
- Type
- Sundial
- OS grid reference
- SE 682 449
- Coordinates
- 53.89642, -0.96274
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a sundial located approximately 7 metres to the south-west of the Church of Saint Helen. It likely has an 18th-century base, with the dial gnomon added around 1970. The sundial is made of magnesian limestone ashlar and stands about 1.25 metres high. It features a stepped circular base topped by an octagonal pedestal, which supports a wrought-iron gnomon.
Local climate
Sundial, Approximately 7 Metres to South West of Church of Saint Helen sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% 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 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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