Sundial in the churchyard of the Church of St Beuno is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 15 September 1999. Sundial. 1 related planning application.
Sundial in the churchyard of the Church of St Beuno
- WRENN ID
- salt-roof-summer
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gwynedd
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 15 September 1999
- Type
- Sundial
- Address
- Sundial in the churchyard of the Church of St Beuno, Clynnog-Fawr, Caernarfon, Clynnog, LL54 5NH
- OS grid reference
- SH 414 496
- Coordinates
- 53.02078, -4.3655
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The sundial in the churchyard of the Church of St Beuno is a Grade II listed structure. It features a vertical slab of granite that measures 500mm wide, 125mm thick, and is approximately 2 meters high, although it has been reduced by about 30cm. The sundial has a wheel cross head and is drilled through to accommodate a gnomon. It includes eight radial lines leading to a lightly inscribed hour circle, which follows the octaval system used in Anglo-Saxon times, marking the 24 hours as 8 'tides'. The reverse side of the sundial is plain.
Local climate
Sundial in the churchyard of the Church of St Beuno sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,710 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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