Sundial Approximately 10 Metres South of South Porch of St Mary's Church is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 July 1985. Sundial.
Sundial Approximately 10 Metres South of South Porch of St Mary's Church
- WRENN ID
- empty-tin-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Wetherby and Easingwold MP: Sir Alec Shelbrooke (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 July 1985
- Type
- Sundial
- OS grid reference
- SE 485 434
- Coordinates
- 53.88529, -1.26237
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a sundial located approximately 10 metres south of the south porch of St Mary's Church in Tadcaster. It is likely from the 18th century and features an ashlar base with a bronze sundial. The sundial stands about 1.5 metres high, with a stepped circular plinth that supports a vase-shaped pedestal and an octagonal sundial on top.
Local climate
Sundial Approximately 10 Metres South of South Porch of St Mary's Church receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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