Sundial in the Formal Garden South of Dawlish College (Mamhead House) is a Grade II* listed building in the Teignbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1988. A Regency Sundial.
Sundial in the Formal Garden South of Dawlish College (Mamhead House)
- WRENN ID
- steep-forge-quill
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Teignbridge
- Constituency
- Newton Abbot MP: Martin Wrigley (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1988
- Type
- Sundial
- Period
- Regency
- OS grid reference
- SX 930 810
- Coordinates
- 50.61919, -3.51317
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The sundial, located in the formal garden south of Dawlish College (formerly Mamhead House), was designed between 1827 and 1833 by Anthony Salvin for Sir R.W. Newman, Baronet. It is made of bathstone and is styled in the Jacobean manner. The sundial features a pierced stone pedestal that resembles a large Jacobean pendant. Around the dial, there is carved text in Gothic lettering that reads 'aeternitas abhor momento perdet'. The metal dial is signed by Houghton and Simms of London. This sundial is an integral part of the formal garden associated with Mamhead House.
Local climate
Sundial in the Formal Garden South of Dawlish College (Mamhead House) receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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