Sundial, Downie Park House is a Grade B listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 June 1971. Sundial.

Sundial, Downie Park House

WRENN ID
lunar-brick-spring
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Angus
Constituency
Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
11 June 1971
Type
Sundial
OS grid reference
NO 408 585
Coordinates
56.71483, -2.96786
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The sundial at Downie Park House is made of freestone and features a right Doric fluted column that stands on a square base. It supports a table dial with a plate engraved with the inscription, "W.P.H. Rattray, Downie Park, 1810."

Local climate

Sundial, Downie Park House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 67 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 41 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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