Sundial Approximately 20 Metres South of West End of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 May 1972. Sundial.
Sundial Approximately 20 Metres South of West End of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- scattered-cinder-wren
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 May 1972
- Type
- Sundial
- OS grid reference
- SW 657 277
- Coordinates
- 50.1032, -5.27663
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century sundial located approximately 20 metres south of the west end of the Church of St Michael in Helston. The sundial features a restored aluminium dial created by F Houghton in 1986. It is made of dressed granite and has a moulded round sundial holder mounted on an onion-shaped shaft, which stands on a square base. This square base is set within an octagonal base that is secured with iron cramps and includes iron stumps from a former fence.
Local climate
Sundial Approximately 20 Metres South of West End of Church of St Michael receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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