Sundial, Asknish House is a Grade B listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1971. Sundial.
Sundial, Asknish House
- WRENN ID
- far-stair-mist
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Argyll and Bute
- Constituency
- Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber MP: Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 20 July 1971
- Type
- Sundial
- OS grid reference
- NR 929 914
- Coordinates
- 56.0706, -5.32829
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The sundial at Asknish House dates from the later 17th century and is made of stone. It features the inscription SDC/LHL, which stands for Sir Duncan Campbell of Auchinbreck, 4th Baronet, and Lady Henrietta Lindsay.
Local climate
Sundial, Asknish House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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