Sundial Approximately 7 Metres to South of Nave of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1986. Sundial.
Sundial Approximately 7 Metres to South of Nave of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- tilted-beam-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- Shrewsbury MP: Julia Buckley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1986
- Type
- Sundial
- OS grid reference
- SJ 355 094
- Coordinates
- 52.67856, -2.95481
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This sundial, dated 1776, is located approximately 7 metres south of the nave of the Church of St. Mary in Westbury. It is made of dressed grey sandstone and features a square base consisting of three stone steps, with the top step having a moulded nosing. The sundial has a baluster with gadrooned lower parts and a square top, which holds a copper dial plate. The dial plate is inscribed with the words: "The Wife of Thomas Rider (?) Broome-Hill 1776 / Move the slide for the sun to shine through the hole on the inner Circle of Degrees / Rider / Fecit". It also has a copper gnomon supported by a scrolled design.
Local climate
Sundial Approximately 7 Metres to South of Nave of Church of St Mary receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 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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