Sundial approximately 270m south of Wrest Park House is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1985. Sundial.
Sundial approximately 270m south of Wrest Park House
- WRENN ID
- fallen-nave-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1985
- Type
- Sundial
- OS grid reference
- TL 091 353
- Coordinates
- 52.00543, -0.41167
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The sundial, located approximately 270 meters south of Wrest Park House, is made of marble. It features an octagonal, carved and moulded marble pedestal with a simple octagonal moulded base. The die of the sundial swells from the bottom and is decorated with acanthus leaves that curl over at the top. Four ribbon ties are carved in relief, from which swags of flowers are suspended. At the top of the die, there is a lip and moulding, along with a wide cap that sits above, decorated on the underside with carved acanthus leaf detail that extends to the corners of the octagon. A narrow drip is positioned above, to which a separate thin piece of marble, likely added later, is attached, into which the dial is set.
The plate, dial, and gnomon are a fibreglass copy of the original. Notably, the fine detailing at the end of the gnomon includes corbel detail, which is also found on another sundial by Henry Wynne that was formerly located at Staunton Harold, Leicestershire.
Local climate
Sundial approximately 270m south of Wrest Park House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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