Sundial Approximately 5 Metres South of the Chancel of the Church of St Martin is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1990. Sundial.
Sundial Approximately 5 Metres South of the Chancel of the Church of St Martin
- WRENN ID
- buried-passage-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 August 1990
- Type
- Sundial
- OS grid reference
- TQ 511 390
- Coordinates
- 51.13059, 0.15927
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This sundial, dated 1634, is located approximately 5 meters south of the chancel of the Church of St Martin in Speldhurst, Ashurst Hill. It features a plain cylindrical sandstone shaft that stands on a one-step plinth and is topped with a plain cap. The brass sundial includes a pointer and is inscribed, indicating it was made by Felix Allan in 1634.
Local climate
Sundial Approximately 5 Metres South of the Chancel of the Church of St Martin receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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