Sundial 5 Metres South of South Transept of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Newark and Sherwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 April 1986. Sundial.
Sundial 5 Metres South of South Transept of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- still-paling-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newark and Sherwood
- Constituency
- Newark MP: Robert Jenrick (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 April 1986
- Type
- Sundial
- OS grid reference
- SK 736 689
- Coordinates
- 53.21215, -0.89934
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century sundial located 5 metres south of the south transept of the Church of St. Mary in Egmanton. It is made of ashlar and features a square base consisting of three steps. The sundial has a tapered round shaft that rests on the square base, topped with a moulded square section. The dial is likely to have been reset in the chancel.
Local climate
Sundial 5 Metres South of South Transept of Church of St Mary sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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