Sundial To West Of House, Earlshall is a Grade C listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 21 February 1991. Sundial.

Sundial To West Of House, Earlshall

WRENN ID
white-gateway-rush
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
21 February 1991
Type
Sundial
OS grid reference
NO 464 210
Coordinates
56.37881, -2.86851
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The sundial located to the west of Earlshall House is a late 19th century replica of a 17th century original. It has a cube shape with hollow dials and is topped with a pyramid cap that is truncated and features a ball finial. The shaft of the sundial is chamfered.

Local climate

Sundial To West Of House, Earlshall receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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