Sundial in the Rock Garden is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 July 1986. Sundial.

Sundial in the Rock Garden

WRENN ID
fossil-entrance-bone
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Leeds
Constituency
Wetherby and Easingwold MP: Sir Alec Shelbrooke (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 July 1986
Type
Sundial
Address
Sundial in the Rock Garden, Harewood
OS grid reference
SE 307 444
Coordinates
53.89576, -1.53347
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The sundial in the Rock Garden at Harewood Park dates from the mid to late 18th century. It is made of carved freestone and sits on an ashlar base. The base is square, and it supports an octagonal tapering shaft that is likely mounted on an inverted Roman Ionic capital, which is finely carved with egg-and-dart ornament.

Local climate

Sundial in the Rock Garden receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% 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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