Sundial at Centre of Rose Garden Approximately 90 Metres to North East of Clifton House is a Grade II listed building in the Rotherham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 February 1986. Sundial.
Sundial at Centre of Rose Garden Approximately 90 Metres to North East of Clifton House
- WRENN ID
- riven-parapet-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rotherham
- Constituency
- Rotherham MP: Sarah Champion (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 February 1986
- Type
- Sundial
- OS grid reference
- SK 436 927
- Coordinates
- 53.42972, -1.34518
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The sundial, dated 'R.W. 1739', is located at the center of a rose garden approximately 90 meters northeast of Clifton House. It is made of ashlar sandstone and features a chamfered square plinth inscribed with 'Sam.I- Walker / Fecit'. The shaft is octagonal at the base and becomes cylindrical, topped with a moulded capital supporting a cuboidal sundial. Iron gnomons are positioned on the principal faces, displaying the inscriptions 'Dum spectas fugio' and 'Sic transit gloria mundi', along with the date. The side faces have flat, projecting blades. The sundial is set on a two-stage plinth that supports a ball finial.
Samuel Walker, a prominent iron founder from Rotherham, originally placed the sundial at Mr. Habershon's house at The Holmes. It was later moved to Ferham House before being relocated to its current position at Clifton House. The sundial is illustrated in its original form by John Guest in his 1879 publication, "Historic Notices of Rotherham".
Local climate
Sundial at Centre of Rose Garden Approximately 90 Metres to North East of Clifton House receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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