Sundial to Front of the Dower House is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1986. Sundial.

Sundial to Front of the Dower House

WRENN ID
guardian-latch-mist
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Normanton and Hemsworth MP: Jon Trickett (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 August 1986
Type
Sundial
Address
Sundial to Front of the Dower House, Heath Common, Warmfield Cum Heath
OS grid reference
SE 356 200
Coordinates
53.67596, -1.46218
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a sundial located in front of The Dower House, dating from the mid-18th century and likely built around the same time as the house itself. It is made of ashlar stone and features a square base with a carved console on each side. The frieze is decorated with an egg-and-dart pattern and has notched corners. The top of the sundial has a circular recess that once held the dial plate, which is now missing. The design may have been inspired by Batty Langley's publication, "City and Country Builder's and Workman's Treasury of Designs," from 1739.

Local climate

Sundial to Front of the Dower House receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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