Sundial Approximately 17 Metres North of Chancel of Church of Saint Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 May 1952. Sundial.
Sundial Approximately 17 Metres North of Chancel of Church of Saint Mary
- WRENN ID
- old-zinc-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 May 1952
- Type
- Sundial
- OS grid reference
- SJ 676 341
- Coordinates
- 52.90341, -2.48308
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The sundial, located approximately 17 metres north of the chancel of the Church of Saint Mary in Market Drayton, is a churchyard cross that has been converted into a sundial. It likely dates from the 14th or 15th century. The structure is made of dressed grey sandstone and features a base composed of four octagonal stone steps. The columnar shaft has a splayed base and a moulded capital, topped with a copper dial plate and gnomon. The dial plate is inscribed with the phrases: "TIME IS SHORT / ETERNITY IS LONG" and "WHILE YOU HAVE TIME / DO GOOD". Additionally, there is a copper plate affixed to the base of the shaft, which reads: "IN MEMORY OF S.P. BORN AD 1806 DIED AD 1885 / THIS SUN DIAL WAS RESTORED AD 1900".
Local climate
Sundial Approximately 17 Metres North of Chancel of Church of Saint Mary 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 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% 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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