Craigiehall Western Sundial is a Grade A listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 30 January 1981. Sundial.
Craigiehall Western Sundial
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Constituency
- Edinburgh West MP: Christine Jardine (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 30 January 1981
- Type
- Sundial
- OS grid reference
- NT 166 754
- Coordinates
- 55.96447, -3.33749
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Craigiehall Western Sundial is a 17th century red sandstone obelisk located to the east of the entrance of Craigiehall House. It stands on a wide, round stone base and features a square plinth, a moulded base, a globe, and a four-sided shaft topped with a polyhedron dial and a later sandstone tapered capital. The shaft is divided into 16 square panels, some of which have incised shapes. The dial above has four faces with hollowed-out shapes.
Additionally, there is an early 18th century cream sandstone horizontal sundial situated to the west of Craigiehall House, dating from between 1703 and 1714. This sundial consists of a carved octagonal pedestal topped with a horizontal brass sundial plate featuring a decorative gnomon. It is engraved with the arms of the Marquis of Annandale and includes the inscription, "made by England, Instrument Maker to Her Majesty at Charing X, London."
Local climate
Craigiehall Western Sundial receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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