Sundial at the Church of St Llechid is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 9 March 2000. Sundial.
Sundial at the Church of St Llechid
- WRENN ID
- empty-cupola-briar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gwynedd
- Constituency
- Bangor Aberconwy MP: Claire Hughes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 9 March 2000
- Type
- Sundial
- Address
- Sundial at the Church of St Llechid, Llanllechid
- OS grid reference
- SH 621 686
- Coordinates
- 53.19719, -4.06447
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The sundial at the Church of St Llechid is a Grade II listed structure. It features a slate top slab with a bevelled edge, resting on a square pedestal that has a moulded and chamfered plinth and a moulded capping. The entire sundial is made from very finely cut and jointed slate slabs. The top slab includes a painted replacement gnomon and has flowers inscribed at the corners, along with the inscription "Lat. 53 degrees 20/ Robt. Prichard, Willm. Pierce} Wardens 1795/ N. Wilson fecit".
Local climate
Sundial at the Church of St Llechid sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,210 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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