Sundial, Walled Garden, Ladyland is a Grade B listed building in the North Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 April 1971.
Sundial, Walled Garden, Ladyland
- WRENN ID
- tired-brass-equinox
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- North Ayrshire
- Constituency
- North Ayrshire and Arran MP: Irene Campbell (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 14 April 1971
- OS grid reference
- NS 323 579
- Coordinates
- 55.78559, -4.67577
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is an 1821 stone sundial situated within the walled garden at Ladyland. The sundial features a facet-headed design, mounted on a fluted baluster pedestal. The pedestal is topped with a stylised Ionic scrolled capital. The base of the shaft is dated and bears the initials of William Cochra of Ladyland and his wife, Catherine Hamilton. Note that the capital's design resembles that of an obelisk dial, and it is thought to be a reused element from an earlier sundial. MacGibbon and Ross documented and illustrated the sundial in their Caledonian & Doric Architecture in 1887-92.
Local climate
Sundial, Walled Garden, Ladyland sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,380 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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