Sundial, Mounting Steps, Walls and Gate About 6 Metres South East of Macquarie Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the North Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 January 1986. Sundial and garden feature.
Sundial, Mounting Steps, Walls and Gate About 6 Metres South East of Macquarie Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- rusted-rood-raven
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 January 1986
- Type
- Sundial and garden feature
- OS grid reference
- ST 422 664
- Coordinates
- 51.39388, -2.83091
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The sundial, mounting steps, walls, and gate located about 6 metres southeast of Macquarie Farmhouse date back to 1657 for the sundial, with the mounting steps and walls from the late 18th century to early 19th century, and a 19th-century gate. The sundial is made of limestone block, approximately 3/4 metre high, with a square base. It features a metal sundial with a gnomon on top, correctly aligned, and a circular plate with incised numerals and a sun face, along with the inscription: "I mark but ye sunny hours, 1657". This sundial is similar in style to one at Nailsea Court in Nailsea. About 1 metre south of the sundial, there are five rubble steps leading to a large top stand that is attached to a rubble wall, which is about one metre high and 4 metres long. To the left, there is a cast iron gate with horizontal struts, circular decorations, spear tops, and spear finials at the top. The wall extends approximately 12 metres further to the west, connecting to Macquarie Farmhouse and standing about 1.5 metres high.
Local climate
Sundial, Mounting Steps, Walls and Gate About 6 Metres South East of Macquarie Farmhouse receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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