Garden Seat and Sundial in Garden to South West of Lomberdale Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 1985. Garden seat and sundial.

Garden Seat and Sundial in Garden to South West of Lomberdale Hall

WRENN ID
scarred-vault-crimson
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Peak District National Park
Constituency
Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 February 1985
Type
Garden seat and sundial
Address
Garden Seat and Sundial in Garden to South West of Lomberdale Hall, Middleton Road, Youlgreave, Derbyshire Dales
OS grid reference
SK 197 638
Coordinates
53.17162, -1.70559
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The garden seat and sundial, located in the garden to the south-west of Lomberdale Hall, date back to around 1844 and incorporate medieval fragments. The garden seat, situated to the west, features stone walls made from re-used stones on three sides and is open on the east side, topped with a felted roof. The back wall displays an early 14th-century blind arcade with cusped stone tracery spanning its full width, while the side walls contain various 13th and 14th-century gravestones embedded within them. On the south wall, there is a 19th-century stone plaque inscribed with the words "Time grows young in a garden." To the east, along the path, stands the sundial mounted on a re-used medieval column. Both the garden seat and sundial were erected by Thomas Bateman, the archaeologist who designed and resided at Lomberdale Hall. This structure is included for its group value context.

Local climate

Garden Seat and Sundial in Garden to South West of Lomberdale Hall sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% 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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