Sundial on Island to Rear of Walton Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1986. Sundial.

Sundial on Island to Rear of Walton Hall

WRENN ID
hollow-pavement-bittern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Normanton and Hemsworth MP: Jon Trickett (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 August 1986
Type
Sundial
OS grid reference
SE 363 162
Coordinates
53.64133, -1.45103
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This sundial, dated 1813, is located on an island to the rear of Walton Hall. It was created by G. Boulby and is made of ashlar with copper gnomens. The square plinth features recessed panelled sides and a carved scalloped roundel in relief, along with a cyma-moulded cornice. Atop the plinth is an elaborate multi-gnomened polyhedron, which is engraved with "Lat. 53 40 1N" and indicates the time in various locations around the world, including Amsterdam, Rome, Warsaw, Moscow, Pekin, Basil, Madras, Madrid, Mexico, Philadelphia, Demerara, and Boston.

Local climate

Sundial on Island to Rear of Walton Hall receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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