Sundial at Front of Biddesden House is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 May 1964. Sundial.
Sundial at Front of Biddesden House
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-clay-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 May 1964
- Type
- Sundial
- Address
- Sundial at Front of Biddesden House, Biddesden Lane, Ludgershall
- OS grid reference
- SU 295 509
- Coordinates
- 51.25716, -1.57835
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The sundial at the front of Biddesden House is an early 18th-century structure made of limestone. It features a rectangular pedestal with fielded panelled sides and squat half balusters at each end, all set on a base. The sundial currently has a small bronze engraved plate and gnomon, which may have replaced an original statue.
Local climate
Sundial at Front of Biddesden House receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% 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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