Sundial, Pittodrie House, Chapel of Garioch is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971. Sundial.

Sundial, Pittodrie House, Chapel of Garioch

WRENN ID
waning-finial-fen
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Constituency
Gordon and Buchan MP: Harriet Cross (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
16 April 1971
Type
Sundial
OS grid reference
NJ 698 239
Coordinates
57.30481, -2.50268
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This 17th century sundial is located at Pittodrie House in Chapel of Garioch. It features a cube dial with chamfered angles, which is supported by a rough cylindrical shaft and a square base. There is a circular recess on the west face of the dial. The sundial is topped with a ball finial that is mounted on a spike.

Local climate

Sundial, Pittodrie House, Chapel of Garioch receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 60 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 40 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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