Sundial 5 Metres South of Church of St John is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 1989. Sundial.
Sundial 5 Metres South of Church of St John
- WRENN ID
- waning-dormer-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Ashford MP: Sojan Joseph (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 February 1989
- Type
- Sundial
- OS grid reference
- TR 052 393
- Coordinates
- 51.11677, 0.93116
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a sundial located 5 metres south of the Church of St. John, dated 1863. It is made of stone and features a brass or bronze dial and dial plate. The stem of the sundial is shaped like a turned baluster. The dial plate is signed by Elliott Bros., and the base is inscribed with a memorial and the names of churchwardens.
Local climate
Sundial 5 Metres South of Church of St John sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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