Sundial in Swimming Pool Court, Godmersham Park is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 August 1984. Sundial. 1 related planning application.
Sundial in Swimming Pool Court, Godmersham Park
- WRENN ID
- standing-obsidian-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 August 1984
- Type
- Sundial
- OS grid reference
- TR 062 509
- Coordinates
- 51.22045, 0.95156
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The sundial located in the swimming pool court of Godmersham Park dates back to the 18th century. It features a stone base shaped like a scalloped urn, which stands on an octagonal plinth. The metal dial is inscribed with the phrase "Tyme brings everying" and is signed by J. Marlow from London.
Local climate
Sundial in Swimming Pool Court, Godmersham Park receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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