Sundial at About 15m East of Pengreep House is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 February 1986. Sundial.

Sundial at About 15m East of Pengreep House

WRENN ID
solitary-pilaster-oak
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
Camborne and Redruth MP: Perran Moon (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 February 1986
Type
Sundial
Address
Sundial at About 15m East of Pengreep House, Gwennap
OS grid reference
SW 747 387
Coordinates
50.20604, -5.15777
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is an 18th-century sundial located approximately 15 meters east of Pengreep House in Gwennap. It is made of granite and features a round dial set on a square base. The sundial has a turned monolith baluster shaft topped with an ogee cornice that supports the round dial, which has an ovolo border. The dial includes an incised brass insert with a pointer and the Beauchamp coat of arms.

Local climate

Sundial at About 15m East of Pengreep House receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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