Sundial, Stobhall Castle is a Grade A listed building in the Perth and Kinross local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971.
Sundial, Stobhall Castle
- WRENN ID
- wild-newel-thrush
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Perth and Kinross
- Constituency
- Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 October 1971
- OS grid reference
- NO 132 344
- Coordinates
- 56.49434, -3.41056
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is a possibly 17th-century sundial situated within the Octagonal Garden to the northeast of Dowery House. It is a detached sundial featuring an elaborate facet dial surmounted by a hemispherical dial. The sundial is supported by a ribbed hemisphere and a thick baluster, with the lower parts believed to be of later construction. The design is reminiscent of a smaller version of the sundial at Pitmedden Garden in Aberdeenshire, dating to 1675. The unusual hemispherical finial sits atop what may be a truncated neck, and the squat baluster pediment is typical.
Dowery House itself dates from the 17th century, a period when formal gardens, including sundials, became increasingly popular alongside traditional tower houses. Early publications provided detailed instructions for constructing accurate sundials.
The sundial is part of a group of buildings of architectural or historic interest, along with Dowery House and other sundials within the grounds of Stobhall. The group also includes other listed buildings.
Local climate
Sundial, Stobhall Castle 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 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 71 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 41 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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