Sundial, Dunragit Home Farm, Dunragit House is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1993. Sundial.
Sundial, Dunragit Home Farm, Dunragit House
- WRENN ID
- twisted-joist-lichen
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1993
- Type
- Sundial
- OS grid reference
- NX 148 582
- Coordinates
- 54.88416, -4.88809
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is a detached horizontal sundial from the earlier 19th century, located at Dunragit Home Farm near Dunragit House. The sundial features an octagonal dial stone, adorned with small fleurons at the angles, which is set on a baluster. The carved circular dial is inscribed with the name "J Gibson" and has an open iron gnomon.
Local climate
Sundial, Dunragit Home Farm, Dunragit House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,290 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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