War Memorial Sundial, 80 Metres North East of the Castle Museum is a Grade II listed building in the Nottingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1995. Sundial.

War Memorial Sundial, 80 Metres North East of the Castle Museum

WRENN ID
grey-granite-stoat
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Nottingham
Constituency
Nottingham East MP: Nadia Whittome (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 November 1995
Type
Sundial
OS grid reference
SK 569 395
Coordinates
52.95025, -1.15315
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The war memorial sundial, located 80 meters north-east of the Castle Museum, was erected around 1920 by the 17th Battalion of the Sherwood Foresters. It is made of Portland stone and designed in the Gothic Revival style. The sundial features a traceried octagonal column that stands on a stepped octagonal base, approximately 1 meter high. It includes a brass dial and bronze inscribed plaques, commemorating those who lost their lives in both World Wars.

Local climate

War Memorial Sundial, 80 Metres North East of the Castle Museum sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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