Sundial in the Churchyard Approximately 40 Metres East of Church of St Leonard is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1955. Sundial.
Sundial in the Churchyard Approximately 40 Metres East of Church of St Leonard
- WRENN ID
- outer-lantern-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1955
- Type
- Sundial
- OS grid reference
- SO 862 149
- Coordinates
- 51.83306, -2.20077
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a sundial located in the churchyard approximately 40 metres east of the Church of St. Leonard, dating from the 18th century and set on a 19th-century base. It is made of limestone and features an iron finial and gnomons. The sundial has a square stone with a small gable above each face. The south side displays a conventional sundial, although the gnomon is missing. The right and left sides feature morning and afternoon sundials, with a hollow moulding below. Each side of the top step of the base is inscribed in Gothic script, with the following phrases: east side reads "Man goeth forth to his work," south side states "children of Light," west side says "The night cometh," and north side proclaims "A rest for the people of God." The sundial is topped with a quadrupod finial.
Local climate
Sundial in the Churchyard Approximately 40 Metres East of Church of St Leonard 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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