Sundial Approximately 10 Metres East South East of East Formal Gardens is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 July 1988. Sundial.

Sundial Approximately 10 Metres East South East of East Formal Gardens

WRENN ID
over-turret-ivory
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Oxfordshire
Constituency
Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 July 1988
Type
Sundial
OS grid reference
SP 442 161
Coordinates
51.84183, -1.35906
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This sundial, located approximately 10 meters east-southeast of the East Formal Gardens, dates from around 1710 and was designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor. It is made of limestone and features a vase-shaped pedestal adorned with acanthus-leaf carvings at the base and carved swags. The brass dial includes a ducal coronet set in the gnomon. The pedestal was carved by Henry Banks, while the dial was made by John Rowley. Blenheim Park, where the sundial is situated, is recognized in the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission Register of Parks and Gardens at Grade I.

Local climate

Sundial Approximately 10 Metres East South East of East Formal Gardens receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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