Sundial 200 Metres North West of Cranbury House is a Grade II listed building in the Winchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1984. Sundial.
Sundial 200 Metres North West of Cranbury House
- WRENN ID
- fading-gable-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Winchester
- Constituency
- Winchester MP: Dr Danny Chambers (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 November 1984
- Type
- Sundial
- OS grid reference
- SU 444 233
- Coordinates
- 51.00789, -1.36727
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This sundial, located 200 meters northwest of Cranbury House, dates from 1720 and is supposedly designed by Sir Isaac Newton. It features a base and pedestal made of Portland stone, with a round single step base and a central bulbous pilaster pedestal. The bronze sundial includes intricate diagrams for calculating time accurately, as well as casts of the Conduit family, with whom Newton stayed.
Local climate
Sundial 200 Metres North West of Cranbury House receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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