Sundial South of Wick Street House is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1990. Sundial.

Sundial South of Wick Street House

WRENN ID
carved-keystone-saffron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Stroud
Constituency
North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 August 1990
Type
Sundial
Address
Sundial South of Wick Street House, Painswick
OS grid reference
SO 861 076
Coordinates
51.7671, -2.20248
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a 17th-century pillar sundial located south of Wick Street House in Painswick. It is made of limestone and features a slightly tapered square shaft that stands approximately 1.8 meters high. The shaft is topped with a moulded capping that supports a cube on a moulded base, culminating in a ball finial. Each of the four faces of the sundial has a gnomon.

Local climate

Sundial South of Wick Street House receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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