Sundial South West of Church of St Cuthbert is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. Sundial.

Sundial South West of Church of St Cuthbert

WRENN ID
gilded-iron-rye
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Sundial
Address
Sundial South West of Church of St Cuthbert, Great Salkeld
OS grid reference
NY 551 367
Coordinates
54.72371, -2.69774
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This sundial, dated 1754, is located in the graveyard south-west of the Church of St Cuthbert in Great Salkeld. It is made of pink sandstone and features a stepped plinth with a baluster column. The sundial is topped with a brass dial that does not have a gnomon.

Local climate

Sundial South West of Church of St Cuthbert sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,180 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 35 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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