Sundial in the Churchyard About 4 Metres South of South Aisle of Church of St Ciricius and St Julitta is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 August 1987. Sundial.

Sundial in the Churchyard About 4 Metres South of South Aisle of Church of St Ciricius and St Julitta

WRENN ID
woven-span-jackdaw
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 August 1987
Type
Sundial
OS grid reference
SX 052 580
Coordinates
50.39002, -4.74178
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This sundial, located in the churchyard about 4 metres south of the south aisle of the Church of St Ciricius and St Julitta, features a shaft dated 1687 and a sundial dated 1902. It is made of granite and has a copper sundial plate. The granite pier is chamfered, stopped at the base, and has a square head, with the numeral one on each face indicating the date 1687. At the top, there is a copper plate with a gnomon and an inscription. The sundial was presented by Silvanus Trevail in 1902.

Local climate

Sundial in the Churchyard About 4 Metres South of South Aisle of Church of St Ciricius and St Julitta sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 follow 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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