Sundial Approximately 12 Metres to North West of Tower of Church of Saint Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1986. A C18 Sundial.
Sundial Approximately 12 Metres to North West of Tower of Church of Saint Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- grey-attic-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1986
- Type
- Sundial
- OS grid reference
- SJ 558 211
- Coordinates
- 52.7865, -2.65536
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This sundial, located approximately 12 metres to the northwest of the tower of the Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, dates from the late 18th century. It is made of dressed grey sandstone and features a circular base with four steps that have moulded nosings. Atop the base is a stubby Tuscan column supporting a circular copper dial plate. The dial plate is inscribed with the phrases: "Use well/these few bright/but ever fleetinge/hours" and "veni vide vale". Historical accounts indicate that £3 was paid for its installation in 1784, and in 1786, £1 3s. 0d. was paid for "a Dial piller". The dial itself appears to have been created in 1771, with payments recorded of £7 7s. 0d. for it and £3 3s. 0d. for the dial plate.
Local climate
Sundial Approximately 12 Metres to North West of Tower of Church of Saint Mary the Virgin receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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