Sundial, Cowane's Hospital, 47-49 St John Street, Stirling is a Grade B listed building in the Stirling local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 November 1965. Sundial.

Sundial, Cowane's Hospital, 47-49 St John Street, Stirling

WRENN ID
roaming-gable-mint
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Stirling
Constituency
Stirling and Strathallan MP: Chris Kane (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
4 November 1965
Type
Sundial
Address
Sundial, Cowane's Hospital, 47-49 St John Street, Stirling, FK8 1ED
OS grid reference
NS 791 936
Coordinates
56.1202, -3.94466
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is a composite pedestal sundial located at Cowane's Hospital on St John Street in Stirling. The brass dial was made by Andrew Dickie of Stirling and is dated 1727. The sundial features an octagonal base and plinth, which may date back to 1673.

Local climate

Sundial, Cowane's Hospital, 47-49 St John Street, Stirling sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 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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