Sundial Approximately 50 Metres South West of Bransdale Mill is a Grade II listed building in the North York Moors National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1987. Sundial.
Sundial Approximately 50 Metres South West of Bransdale Mill
- WRENN ID
- sunken-frieze-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North York Moors National Park
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1987
- Type
- Sundial
- OS grid reference
- SE 619 978
- Coordinates
- 54.37267, -1.04748
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This sundial, located approximately 50 metres south-west of Bransdale Mill, dates from the early 19th century, with the pedestal inscribed 1819 and the sundial itself dated 1824. It is made of dressed sandstone and features a copper gnomon. The pedestal is square in shape, standing about 1 metre high and raised on three steps, with a circular dial stone on top. The pedestal has inscriptions on all four sides: the east face reads "John Brown Joseph Ward Masons," the north face states "William Strickland AD 1819," the west face has "Quod hora est vide," and the south face says "Time and life move swiftly." The edge of the dial stone is inscribed with "AM 5824."
Local climate
Sundial Approximately 50 Metres South West of Bransdale Mill receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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