Sundial In Front Of Acorn Bank House is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 April 1984. Sundial.
Sundial In Front Of Acorn Bank House
- WRENN ID
- tall-arch-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 April 1984
- Type
- Sundial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
NY 62 NW TEMPLE SOWERBY
2(INSET)/117 Sundial in front of Acorn Bank house
G.V. II
Sundial, mid C17. Found in Temple Sowerby village, it was moved first of all to Millrigg, ¼ mile from Acorn Bank. Cubic sundial sits on top of square stone which is placed centrally on oval table supported on 2 turned balusters. Sundial plate and gnomen are missing. The coats-of-arms of the Dalston and Fallowfield families are on opposite faces of the sundial with an inscription on the other 2 faces which runs as follows: "Staie, Passenger, tell me my name and thy nature./Thy name is Dieall, I a mortal creature" and "Since my name and thy nature soe agree,/ Think of thyself when thou looks upon me."
Listing NGR: NY6172428200
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