Sundial Approx 20m to NE of Portledge Hotel. is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1988. Sundial.
Sundial Approx 20m to NE of Portledge Hotel.
- WRENN ID
- empty-pinnacle-dust
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 October 1988
- Type
- Sundial
- OS grid reference
- SS 394 247
- Coordinates
- 50.99952, -4.28926
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a sundial located approximately 20 meters to the northeast of the Portledge Hotel. It dates from the mid-18th century and is made of limestone. The sundial features a gadrooned vase-shaped stem with acanthus leaf carving at the neck, while the top is from the 20th century. It is included in the listing for its group value.
Local climate
Sundial Approx 20m to NE of Portledge Hotel. sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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