Sundial is a Grade C listed building in the Midlothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 July 2012. Sundial.
Sundial
- WRENN ID
- little-step-winter
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Midlothian
- Constituency
- Midlothian MP: Kirsty McNeill (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 July 2012
- Type
- Sundial
- OS grid reference
- NT 326 594
- Coordinates
- 55.82366, -3.07725
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The sundial, dating from 1685, features a two-tier squared design with carved and relief details. It has lead gnomons and is set on a later carved stone pedestal base, which was created by Ian G Lindsay and Partners in 1956. The sundial was moved to its current location in 2011, and it is situated immediately next to the east elevation of Arniston House. The structure is made of finely tooled sandstone ashlar.
Local climate
Sundial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 55 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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