Sundial, Formal Garden, Haddo House is a Grade C listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971. Sundial.

Sundial, Formal Garden, Haddo House

WRENN ID
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Grade
C
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 869 347
Coordinates
57.40272, -2.21955
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The sundial in the formal garden at Haddo House dates from the 17th or early 18th century. It has a cube shape and features both horizontal and vertical dials. The sundial is made of freestone, while the granite base appears to be a later addition.

Local climate

Sundial, Formal Garden, Haddo House receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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