Sundial 7 Yards to South of Church of Holy Innocents is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 1985. Sundial.

Sundial 7 Yards to South of Church of Holy Innocents

WRENN ID
carved-obsidian-saffron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Dewsbury and Batley MP: Iqbal Mohamed (Ind)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 July 1985
Type
Sundial
OS grid reference
SE 241 203
Coordinates
53.67875, -1.63535
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This sundial, located 7 yards south of the Church of Holy Innocents, dates from around 1858. It is made of ashlar stone and features an octagonal base resting on an octagonal slab. The column is designed in a quatrefoil shape and is adorned with a foliage capital. At the top, there is a bronze circular plate and a long gnomon.

Local climate

Sundial 7 Yards to South of Church of Holy Innocents receives an average of 890 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 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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