Sundial Shaft Approximately 2 Metres East of the South Porch of the Church of St Thomas A Becket is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1987. Sundial.
Sundial Shaft Approximately 2 Metres East of the South Porch of the Church of St Thomas A Becket
- WRENN ID
- worn-spindle-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Harrogate and Knaresborough MP: Tom Gordon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 May 1987
- Type
- Sundial
- OS grid reference
- SE 259 590
- Coordinates
- 54.02667, -1.60539
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This sundial shaft, dated 1672, is located approximately 2 metres east of the south porch of the Church of St Thomas a Becket in Hampsthwaite. It is made of gritstone and stands about 1 metre high. The base is square in shape, with deeply chamfered corners that end in pyramidal stops at both the top and bottom. The chamfers feature a decorative relief strapwork pattern of diamonds and circles. The upper section displays relief motifs of circles or shields and crosses, along with the date 1672 on the east face.
Local climate
Sundial Shaft Approximately 2 Metres East of the South Porch of the Church of St Thomas A Becket receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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