Sundial Approximately 3 Metres South of St Michael's Church is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1989. Sundial.
Sundial Approximately 3 Metres South of St Michael's Church
- WRENN ID
- brooding-step-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Barrow and Furness MP: Michelle Scrogham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 July 1989
- Type
- Sundial
- OS grid reference
- SD 107 883
- Coordinates
- 54.28324, -3.37281
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This sundial, located approximately 3 metres south of St Michael's Church, is likely from the 18th century and stands on an earlier base. It is made of ashlar stone and features three high round steps leading up to a plain baluster shaft. The base has three steps on the northern side. The plate of the sundial is missing.
Local climate
Sundial Approximately 3 Metres South of St Michael's Church sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,590 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% 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 0.2°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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