Sundial Approximately 20 Metres North of St Michael's Church is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. Sundial.
Sundial Approximately 20 Metres North of St Michael's Church
- WRENN ID
- fallow-lead-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Sundial
- OS grid reference
- SD 352 981
- Coordinates
- 54.37427, -2.99892
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This sundial, located approximately 20 meters north of St Michael's Church in Hawkshead, dates back to 1693, although the date is worn. It features a stone square step with a hollow chamfered base and a square shaft that is chamfered with jewel stops. The sundial has a moulded cap, but the gnomon is missing.
Local climate
Sundial Approximately 20 Metres North of St Michael's Church sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,530 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 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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