Sundial to South of Ockbrook School is a Grade II listed building in the Erewash local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 May 1986. Sundial.
Sundial to South of Ockbrook School
- WRENN ID
- slow-belfry-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Erewash
- Constituency
- Mid Derbyshire MP: Jonathan Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 May 1986
- Type
- Sundial
- Address
- Sundial to South of Ockbrook School, the Settlement, Ockbrook and Borrowash, DE72 3RJ
- OS grid reference
- SK 421 361
- Coordinates
- 52.92093, -1.37502
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a sundial located to the south of Ockbrook School, dating from the late 18th century and re-using a 14th-century cross shaft base. It is made of stone and features a square base with chamfered corners that end in moulded stops. Above the base is an octagonal stem, which is carved with a diagonal grid pattern and topped by a moulded cornice. Please note that the dial and gnomon are missing.
Local climate
Sundial to South of Ockbrook School sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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