Sundial And Flanking Pair Of Gatepiers, Cromlix House is a Grade A listed building in the Stirling local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971. Sundial, gatepiers.
Sundial And Flanking Pair Of Gatepiers, Cromlix House
- WRENN ID
- lost-minaret-burdock
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Stirling
- Constituency
- Stirling and Strathallan MP: Chris Kane (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 October 1971
- Type
- Sundial, gatepiers
- OS grid reference
- NN 781 060
- Coordinates
- 56.23112, -3.96638
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The sundial at Cromlix House dates from the 17th century and is accompanied by a pair of 16th century gatepiers, which were originally fireplace jambs. The sundial features an obelisk design with a shallow octagonal base topped by a square column that is divided into five compartments on each side. It has a wider chamfered octagonal capital with canted facets both above and below, and a tall obelisk rises above. The sundial is made of grey sandstone ashlar and includes geometric, heart-shaped, and circular sinkings in the column compartments, as well as hollowed-out dials on four facets of the capital.
The gatepiers are identical and date from the 16th century. Each has a shaft with a central engaged column that features a deeply moulded base and a large, overhanging polygonal capital made of pink sandstone. The capital has horizontal banding with an incised rosette pattern, which is also present on the shaft. The gatepiers are topped with splayed grey sandstone copes and ball finials.
Local climate
Sundial And Flanking Pair Of Gatepiers, Cromlix House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,260 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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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