Sundial Approximately 10 Metres South West of Church of St Lawrence is a Grade II listed building in the Staffordshire Moorlands local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1987. Sundial.
Sundial Approximately 10 Metres South West of Church of St Lawrence
- WRENN ID
- wild-quoin-brook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 November 1987
- Type
- Sundial
- OS grid reference
- SJ 934 620
- Coordinates
- 53.15555, -2.09993
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This sundial, located approximately 10 meters south-west of the Church of St Lawrence, is likely made from part of a former churchyard cross. It dates from the early 19th century and is constructed of sandstone. The sundial features a stone plinth and a square shaft that stands about 1.2 meters high. The shaft is chamfered and has stops below the head, with a coved-edge top that has a metal sundial plate affixed to the center.
Local climate
Sundial Approximately 10 Metres South West of Church of St Lawrence sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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