Sundial, 20 Yards to the North of Pond Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1983. Sundial.

Sundial, 20 Yards to the North of Pond Cottage

WRENN ID
brooding-lime-sparrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Gloucestershire
Constituency
Thornbury and Yate MP: Claire Young (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 November 1983
Type
Sundial
OS grid reference
ST 805 829
Coordinates
51.54483, -2.28136
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is an 18th-century sundial located 20 yards north of Pond Cottage in Badminton Park. It is made of ashlar stone and features a baluster stem on a plinth, which supports a flat dial.

Local climate

Sundial, 20 Yards to the North of Pond Cottage receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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