Sundial, Mountquhanie House is a Grade C listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 17 October 1973. Sundial.

Sundial, Mountquhanie House

WRENN ID
standing-timber-wind
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
17 October 1973
Type
Sundial
OS grid reference
NO 347 211
Coordinates
56.37774, -3.05786
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The sundial at Mountquhanie House is believed to date from the 18th century. It features a squat baluster and an octagonal stone dial. The sundial was brought from Murdocairnie.

Local climate

Sundial, Mountquhanie House receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% 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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