Sundial is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1974. A C20 Sundial. 3 related planning applications.

Sundial

WRENN ID
scarred-chalk-grove
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 January 1974
Type
Sundial
Address
Sundial, Marine Parade, Lyme Regis, DT7 3JQ
OS grid reference
SY 340 919
Coordinates
50.72378, -2.93582
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Sundial is a building located on Marine Parade, constructed in 1903 by architect Arnold Mitchell. It stands four storeys tall and features two window bays. The exterior is made of blue lias rubble with contrasting stone dressings. At the top, there is a parapet with a moulded string at its base.

On the third floor, there are two 2-light mullioned windows. The second floor has a 2-light mullioned window on the left and a 4-light splayed bay window on the right, which extends down through all storeys to the ground floor. A sundial is built into the wall between the first and ground floors. On the first floor, there is another 2-light mullioned window, and on the ground floor, a square-headed doorway with a studded door. Eight steps lead up to the doorway from a two-centred entrance in a stone rubble wall that marks the boundary between the forecourt and Marine Parade.

Sundial is part of a group that includes Nos 4 to 6 (consecutive), along with Nos 6A, 7, 8, 8A, 9, 11, and 12.

Local climate

Sundial receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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