Sundial at the Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Snowdonia National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 23 May 2003. Monument.

Sundial at the Church of St Mary

WRENN ID
twelfth-joist-fen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Snowdonia National Park
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
23 May 2003
Type
Monument
Address
Sundial at the Church of St Mary, Llanfair, Gwynedd
OS grid reference
SH 577 290
Coordinates
52.84026, -4.11354
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The sundial at the Church of St Mary features a bronze octagonal plate with an intricately carved design and the name "Wilson, Nevin." It is set within a slate surround and mounted on a rough square-profiled pillar made of local stone.

Local climate

Sundial at the Church of St Mary sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,460 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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