Stoneshaft Circa 3 Metres South of Porch Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 1958. Monument.
Stoneshaft Circa 3 Metres South of Porch Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- low-granite-brook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 February 1958
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SD 837 580
- Coordinates
- 54.01839, -2.25017
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The stoneshaft located approximately 3 metres south of the porch of the Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed structure, dating from 1667. It is made of millstone grit and stands about 1.3 metres high. The shaft is octagonal and rests on a rectangular base with chamfered corners. The stoneshaft is inscribed on all four sides with the following initials: 1667 RW IK HB RC HK RB WS EH IL. The original sundial and gnomon, which were reputedly dated 1659, were replaced in 1980.
Local climate
Stoneshaft Circa 3 Metres South of Porch Church of St Mary the Virgin sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,320 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% 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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