Sundial Base in the Grounds of St Michael's Church is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 2004. Sundial.

Sundial Base in the Grounds of St Michael's Church

WRENN ID
dusted-eave-rook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 January 2004
Type
Sundial
Address
Sundial Base in the Grounds of St Michael's Church, Loppington
OS grid reference
SJ 471 292
Coordinates
52.85823, -2.78623
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The sundial base located in the grounds of St Michael's Church dates back to 1695 and was commissioned by churchwardens Arthur Hatchet and Roger Kynaston. It is made of dressed sandstone and features a bronze plate. The sundial has a circular baluster design with a capital and base, and it swells at the lower body. It stands 1.34 meters high and is supported by a circular step approximately 1.25 meters in diameter. The top is capped by a bevelled, square abacus that holds a modern plate. The original plate, which is kept in the church, features a decorated gnomon and dial with two sets of twelve-hour numbers in Roman numerals, inscribed with "Arthur Hatchet and Roger Kynaston, Church Wardens 1695." This sundial base has group value with the Church of St Michael in Loppington.

Local climate

Sundial Base in the Grounds of St Michael's Church receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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