Sundial Approximately 35 Metres to West of Darley Cliffe Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Barnsley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1986. Sundial.
Sundial Approximately 35 Metres to West of Darley Cliffe Hall
- WRENN ID
- dark-corbel-brook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Barnsley
- Constituency
- Barnsley South MP: Stephanie Peacock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 December 1986
- Type
- Sundial
- OS grid reference
- SE 355 044
- Coordinates
- 53.53588, -1.46578
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This sundial, dating from the mid-18th century, is located approximately 35 metres to the west of Darley Cliffe Hall in Worsbrough. It is made of sandstone and features an octagonal base supporting a turned, vase-shaped pedestal with bead moulding around the neck. Below the brass dial, which is now kept elsewhere, there is cyma-moulding. The dial is inscribed with the names 'I. Metcalfe / 1756 / Henry Wood'. The name Metcalfe appears on several stone sundials still found around the Marquis of Rockingham's estate at Wentworth Woodhouse. Darley Cliffe Hall was previously occupied by the agent for that estate.
Local climate
Sundial Approximately 35 Metres to West of Darley Cliffe Hall receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% 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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