Sundial in Centre of Walled Kitchen Garden is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1987. Sundial.
Sundial in Centre of Walled Kitchen Garden
- WRENN ID
- turning-remnant-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Richmond and Northallerton MP: Rishi Sunak (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 May 1987
- Type
- Sundial
- Address
- Sundial in Centre of Walled Kitchen Garden, Forcett
- OS grid reference
- NZ 173 124
- Coordinates
- 54.5073, -1.733
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The sundial, dated 1766 and created by P Carter, is located in the center of the walled kitchen garden at Forcett Park. It is made of ashlar sandstone and bronze. The sundial is positioned at the intersection of two main paths in the garden, featuring a circular ashlar plinth and a step that supports a short fluted Doric column. Atop the column is the bronze dial and gnomon, which includes engravings, a Latin inscription, and the signature "P CARTER FECIT 1766".
Local climate
Sundial in Centre of Walled Kitchen Garden receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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