Sun Dial 35m W of Avington House is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 August 1984. Sun dial.

Sun Dial 35m W of Avington House

WRENN ID
dark-thatch-tallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
Winchester MP: Dr Danny Chambers (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 August 1984
Type
Sun dial
Address
Sun Dial 35m W of Avington House, Itchen Valley, Winchester
OS grid reference
SU 532 323
Coordinates
51.08769, -1.24155
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a sun dial located 35 meters west of Avington House, dating from around 1760. It features a bronze sun dial plate mounted on a marble pedestal, which stands on two steps made of Portland stone. The base is square, consisting of these two Portland stone steps, and the pedestal is square in section with a baluster design. The bronze dial plate is adorned with the crest of the Duke of Chandos.

Local climate

Sun Dial 35m W of Avington House receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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