Sundial Approximately 20 Metres South of Entrance Front to Caverswall Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Staffordshire Moorlands local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 August 1986. Sundial.

Sundial Approximately 20 Metres South of Entrance Front to Caverswall Castle

WRENN ID
solemn-mantel-bistre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Staffordshire Moorlands
Constituency
Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 August 1986
Type
Sundial
OS grid reference
SJ 950 427
Coordinates
52.98245, -2.07454
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This sundial, located approximately 20 meters south of the entrance front to Caverswall Castle, is likely from around 1890. It is made of red sandstone and stands about 1200 millimeters high, featuring a baluster style with a banded capital. The top and dial have been replaced. The sundial is included in the listing for its group value with the nearby castle.

Local climate

Sundial Approximately 20 Metres South of Entrance Front to Caverswall Castle receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% 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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