Sundial 2 Metres South of South Transept of Church of St Lawrence is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 February 2000. Sundial.
Sundial 2 Metres South of South Transept of Church of St Lawrence
- WRENN ID
- brooding-screen-elder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 February 2000
- Type
- Sundial
- OS grid reference
- SO 452 936
- Coordinates
- 52.53804, -2.80879
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The sundial located 2 metres south of the south transept of the Church of St Lawrence in Church Stretton is a churchyard cross that has been converted into a sundial. It dates from the medieval period, with elements from the 18th century and early 19th century. The sundial is made of sandstone ashlar and features a former shaft head of a churchyard cross, which has a carved cap and a band below the head, along with traces of recessed carved ornament on the shaft. The shaft is positioned at the junction of the arms of the former cross, which are now missing, and it is set into a circular base made from a former mill wheel. This mill wheel is marked with the initials T.W. and I.W., which are associated with churchwardens recorded in 1713. The sundial has a brass dial that has been overlaid with a later replacement, and it is currently missing its gnomon. The older plate on the sundial bears the inscription: "Richard Beddoes, Thomas Haines, Churchwardens 1824."
Local climate
Sundial 2 Metres South of South Transept of Church of St Lawrence receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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