Sundial, Comely Park House, 80 New Row, Dunfermline is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 January 1971. Sundial. 3 related planning applications.

Sundial, Comely Park House, 80 New Row, Dunfermline

WRENN ID
sunken-stair-claret
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
Dunfermline and Dollar MP: Graeme Downie (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
12 January 1971
Type
Sundial
OS grid reference
NT 094 872
Coordinates
56.06912, -3.45675
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The sundial at Comely Park House, located at 80 New Row in Dunfermline, dates back to 1786. It features a square dial panel that is mounted vertically on a low rectangular sandstone post made of coursed stone. The dial panel has a bolection-moulded architrave and displays a lattice pattern with Arabic numerals in the center. Roman numerals are inscribed around the border on either side and at the bottom to indicate the hours. The dial, likely made of lead, is positioned in the upper part of the panel. Above the dial, there is a scroll that contains the date and initials, including a weathered letter "D." The post is topped with later banded ashlar pyramid coping.

Local climate

Sundial, Comely Park House, 80 New Row, Dunfermline receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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