Sundial to South of Millrigg is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1984. Sundial.

Sundial to South of Millrigg

WRENN ID
weathered-bronze-spring
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 May 1984
Type
Sundial
Address
Sundial to South of Millrigg, B6412, Culgaith
OS grid reference
NY 608 282
Coordinates
54.64789, -2.60893
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The sundial located to the south of Millrigg was created in 1846 by Richard Melville of Glasgow. It features a pillar support with decorative acanthus leaves at both the base and capital. The sundial has a square, moulded abacus that holds an inset slate on top, which includes one main dial and four subsidiary dials, one in each corner. The smaller dials are labeled for morning, afternoon, evening, and night, although the evening and night dials have lost their gnomons. The main dial displays the maker's name along with a badly weathered inscription. This sundial replaced an earlier one that was given to Acorn Bank in Temple Sowerby and previously stood at Millrigg.

Local climate

Sundial to South of Millrigg sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,230 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% 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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