Seat and Sundial Immediately North East of Walled Garden is a Grade II listed building in the North Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 April 2002. Garden seat, sundial.

Seat and Sundial Immediately North East of Walled Garden

WRENN ID
eternal-kitchen-azure
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Somerset
Constituency
North Somerset MP: Sadik Al-Hassan (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 April 2002
Type
Garden seat, sundial
Address
Seat and Sundial Immediately North East of Walled Garden, Wraxall and Failand
OS grid reference
ST 506 711
Coordinates
51.43747, -2.71175
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The garden seat and sundial, located immediately northeast of the walled garden, were constructed in 1897. Made from pink sandstone ashlar, the garden seat features arms at the ends and a tall back adorned with ball finials. The raised center of the seat is inscribed with "VR:60," commemorating Queen Victoria's Jubilee. In front of the seat stands the octagonal base of a sundial, which is inscribed around the edge, although its pedestal is missing. This piece represents well-designed late Victorian garden furniture.

Local climate

Seat and Sundial Immediately North East of Walled Garden receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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