Sundial, Gilston House is a Grade C listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 1 March 1984. Sundial.
Sundial, Gilston House
- WRENN ID
- first-footing-jet
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Fife
- Constituency
- North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 1 March 1984
- Type
- Sundial
- OS grid reference
- NO 450 066
- Coordinates
- 56.24936, -2.88851
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The sundial at Gilston House is likely from the later 19th century. It is made of ashlar stone and is located to the east of the house. The sundial is mounted on a moulded octagonal pedestal that features a cruciform base, consoles, and carved heads. The head of the sundial is polyhedral and includes dials, topped with a lion rampant.
Local climate
Sundial, Gilston House receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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