Sundial 50 Metres East of Church of Holy Rood is a Grade II* listed building in the Newark and Sherwood local planning authority area, England. A C17 Sundial.
Sundial 50 Metres East of Church of Holy Rood
- WRENN ID
- veiled-pavement-tide
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Newark and Sherwood
- Constituency
- Newark MP: Robert Jenrick (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Sundial
- OS grid reference
- SK 759 651
- Coordinates
- 53.17825, -0.86512
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a column sundial located 50 meters east of the Church of Holy Rood, dating from the early 17th century. It is constructed of ashlar stone and features a chamfered octagonal base with three steps. The sundial has a Tuscan column that rests on a chamfered square base. At the top, there is a cubic section with four dials and a moulded cornice. Above this, a dwarf obelisk supports a ball finial, which is adorned with an ecliptic ring.
Local climate
Sundial 50 Metres East of Church of Holy Rood 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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