Gateway and Sundial at the Dial House is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 July 1949. Gateway.

Gateway and Sundial at the Dial House

WRENN ID
rusted-copper-ivy
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Beaconsfield MP: Joy Morrissey (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 July 1949
Type
Gateway
Address
Gateway and Sundial at the Dial House, St Peter's Street, Marlow
OS grid reference
SU 851 862
Coordinates
51.56864, -0.77346
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gateway and sundial at The Dial House, located on St Peter's Street, dates back to a time before the house itself. It features an arched structure made of brick and flint, which leads into a long garden that extends to the causeway. Above the archway, there is a panel with a painted sundial that faces the causeway, giving the structure its name. This gateway and sundial are part of a group that includes Nos 83 to 87 (odd), The George and Dragon Hotel, and Nos 91 and 93 The Causeway.

Local climate

Gateway and Sundial at the Dial House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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