Sundial Approximately 13.5 Metres to South of St Mary's Church is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 March 1990. Sundial.
Sundial Approximately 13.5 Metres to South of St Mary's Church
- WRENN ID
- stranded-frieze-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Barrow and Furness MP: Michelle Scrogham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 March 1990
- Type
- Sundial
- OS grid reference
- SD 209 873
- Coordinates
- 54.27576, -3.21561
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This sundial, located approximately 13.5 meters south of St Mary's Church in Broughton-in-Furness, is likely the remains of a medieval churchyard cross, though its exact date is uncertain. It features a roughly octagonal shaft that stands on a chamfered square base. The sundial includes a brass plate and a gnomon.
Local climate
Sundial Approximately 13.5 Metres to South of St Mary's Church sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,610 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 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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