Sundial is a Grade II listed building in the North York Moors National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1985. Sundial.
Sundial
- WRENN ID
- dusk-banister-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North York Moors National Park
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1985
- Type
- Sundial
- Address
- Sundial, Helmsley, North Yorkshire
- OS grid reference
- SE 605 829
- Coordinates
- 54.2389, -1.07279
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The sundial located in the grounds of Duncombe Park dates from the first half of the 18th century and was created by Nost. It is made of limestone and features a sundial on a decorative urn, which may be a later replacement. This sundial is supported by a winged figure of Old Father Time. The sundial is referenced in Hussey's work on Duncombe Park published in Country Life in December 1957, as well as in Pevsner's book on Yorkshire: the North Riding from 1966.
Local climate
Sundial receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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