Sundial Approximately 12.5 Metres South of St Michael's Church is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 March 1990. Sundial.
Sundial Approximately 12.5 Metres South of St Michael's Church
- WRENN ID
- tangled-solder-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Barrow and Furness MP: Michelle Scrogham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 March 1990
- Type
- Sundial
- OS grid reference
- SD 262 774
- Coordinates
- 54.1871, -3.13114
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a sundial located approximately 12.5 metres south of St Michael's Church, dating from 1680. It features an octagonal post with stop-chamfered edges set on a tall square base. The square cap of the sundial displays the date "1680" on its west and south sides. There is no plate present.
Local climate
Sundial Approximately 12.5 Metres South of St Michael's Church sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,650 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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