Sundial About 5m North West of Sortridge Manor is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1987. Sundial.

Sundial About 5m North West of Sortridge Manor

WRENN ID
dusted-quoin-furze
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dartmoor National Park
Constituency
South West Devon MP: Rebecca Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 January 1987
Type
Sundial
Address
Sundial About 5m North West of Sortridge Manor, Horrabridge, West Devon
OS grid reference
SX 506 710
Coordinates
50.52017, -4.10865
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a sundial located about 5 meters northwest of Sortridge Manor, dated 1766. It is made of granite and features a slate plate. The sundial has a square plinth with a round base leading to a cylindrical pier topped with a plain square cap. An incised copper plate bears the inscription "tempus fugit 1766." The filigree gnomon is broken, and the pieces of the gnomon are believed to still exist.

Local climate

Sundial About 5m North West of Sortridge Manor sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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