Sundial, The Meadows, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 23 March 2000. Sundial.

Sundial, The Meadows, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
rooted-ember-plover
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh MP: Chris Murray (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
23 March 2000
Type
Sundial
OS grid reference
NT 252 727
Coordinates
55.94177, -3.19885
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The sundial located at The Meadows in Edinburgh was designed by Sir James Gowans in 1886. It features a bronze armillary sphere set on an octagonal base made from eight different types of freestone arranged in eleven courses. The base and cap are crafted from red sandstone, with a moulded base course. The facets of the sundial are alternately polished and recessed, and they are panelled with heraldic shields on the facets of the corniced cap. The sundial is surrounded by cast-iron railings and a gate.

Local climate

Sundial, The Meadows, Edinburgh sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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