Sundial in Centre of Rectangular Walled Garden Near Ytv Garden is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 July 1986. Sundial.

Sundial in Centre of Rectangular Walled Garden Near Ytv Garden

WRENN ID
young-oriel-raven
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 Centre of Rectangular Walled Garden Near Ytv Garden, Harewood
OS grid reference
SE 308 442
Coordinates
53.89333, -1.53201
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This sundial, dating from the mid to late 18th century, is located in the center of a rectangular walled garden near the YTV garden at Harewood Park, LS17. It is made of ashlar stone and features a vase-shaped pedestal with a round top that supports a stone dial. The dial is engraved with Roman numerals, a sun, and a shadow of Greek key ornamentation. Between the numerals VIII and IV, it is inscribed with "Lat : 53 : 58 OF HAREWOOD HOUSE".

Local climate

Sundial in Centre of Rectangular Walled Garden Near Ytv 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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