Sundial 8 Metres to South of South Front Centre, St Hilda's Preparatory School is a Grade II listed building in the North York Moors National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 December 1985. Sundial.
Sundial 8 Metres to South of South Front Centre, St Hilda's Preparatory School
- WRENN ID
- ruined-wall-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North York Moors National Park
- Constituency
- Scarborough and Whitby MP: Alison Hume (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 December 1985
- Type
- Sundial
- OS grid reference
- NZ 861 079
- Coordinates
- 54.45994, -0.67287
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This 18th-century sundial is located 8 meters south of the south front center of St Hilda's Preparatory School in Aislaby. It is made of stone and features a square plinth with an octagonal stepped base. The sundial is supported by an urn-shaped column that has a reeded design. The engraved round slab has a gadrooned border and an acanthus carved soffit. Currently, the slab is cracked, and the gnomon is missing.
Local climate
Sundial 8 Metres to South of South Front Centre, St Hilda's Preparatory School receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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