Sundial, Walled Garden, Newhall House is a Grade B listed building in the Midlothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 January 1971. Garden feature.

Sundial, Walled Garden, Newhall House

WRENN ID
eastward-facade-plum
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Midlothian
Constituency
Midlothian MP: Kirsty McNeill (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
22 January 1971
Type
Garden feature
OS grid reference
NT 175 567
Coordinates
55.79654, -3.31596
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The sundial in the walled garden of Newhall House dates back to the earlier 18th century. It features an octagonal shaft adorned with four figures in niches. The sundial is topped with a globe and stands on square plinths with an octagonal surbase.

Local climate

Sundial, Walled Garden, Newhall House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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