Sundial in St Edmund's Churchyard 15 Yards South of Church is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. Sundial.
Sundial in St Edmund's Churchyard 15 Yards South of Church
- WRENN ID
- dim-stair-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Peak District National Park
- Constituency
- High Peak MP: Jon Pearce (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Sundial
- OS grid reference
- SK 150 828
- Coordinates
- 53.34256, -1.77569
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This sundial, located in St Edmund's Churchyard, dates from the 18th century and is made of gritstone. It features three circular stone steps that support an octagonal column, which has a slight curve known as entasis, resting on a square base. The column is topped with a moulded capital, which holds a brass plate and gnomon. The sundial is situated 15 yards south of the church.
Local climate
Sundial in St Edmund's Churchyard 15 Yards South of Church sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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