Sundial in Graveyard of Church of St Mary, Approximately 6 Metres South of South Door is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. Sundial.

Sundial in Graveyard of Church of St Mary, Approximately 6 Metres South of South Door

WRENN ID
secret-tallow-martin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
Country
England
Type
Sundial
OS grid reference
SE 325 771
Coordinates
54.18899, -1.50328
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The sundial located in the graveyard of the Church of St Mary, approximately 6 metres south of the south door, dates from 1735. It is made of stone and features a brass sundial. The pier supporting the sundial is about 1 metre high and has an inscription that reads: 'Thos / Browne / Geo / Yeats / 1735'.

Local climate

Sundial in Graveyard of Church of St Mary, Approximately 6 Metres South of South Door receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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