Sundial in the Grounds of Alkmund's Church is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 2004. Sundial.
Sundial in the Grounds of Alkmund's Church
- WRENN ID
- errant-roof-ivy
- 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 in the Grounds of Alkmund's Church, Church Street, Whitchurch Urban
- OS grid reference
- SJ 540 416
- Coordinates
- 52.97062, -2.68511
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The sundial in the grounds of Alkmund's Church is an early 18th-century structure, built around the same time as the Church of St. Alkmund. It is made of dressed sandstone and features a bronze plate. The sundial has a circular column that stands 1.3 meters high, supported by two circular steps and a square base with rounded corners. The column is vase-shaped, with decorative gadrooning on its lower body. The circular plate is marked with 24 hours in Roman numerals and retains its original triangular gnomon. This sundial is recognized as a good example of an early 18th-century churchyard sundial, complete with its plate and gnomon, and it has group value with the nearby Church of St. Alkmund.
Local climate
Sundial in the Grounds of Alkmund'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 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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