Sundial at Ragged Hall 9 Metres to North of House is a Grade II listed building in the Dacorum local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 March 1987. Sundial.
Sundial at Ragged Hall 9 Metres to North of House
- WRENN ID
- bitter-portal-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dacorum
- Constituency
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted MP: Victoria Collins (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 March 1987
- Type
- Sundial
- OS grid reference
- TL 061 120
- Coordinates
- 51.79707, -0.46263
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The sundial at Ragged Hall, located 9 meters north of the house, dates from 1716 and is set on an early 20th-century pedestal. It features a brass plate and gnomon mounted on a buff terra-cotta moulded pedestal. The square dial plate measures about 200 millimeters and has an angular openwork gnomon. The pedestal consists of a square-section terra-cotta pillar approximately one meter high, with square top and base. Each face of the shaft is adorned with lotus leaf ornamentation. The inscription reads: "This Dial was made for/John St. Alban in 1716 for/Alfoxton Hall Alfoxton Devonshire/ Wordsworth and Coleridge/ are known to have been there/ in 1796."
Local climate
Sundial at Ragged Hall 9 Metres to North of House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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