Sundial in St Foddhyd's Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Denbighshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 12 January 2001. Sundial.
Sundial in St Foddhyd's Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- ruined-obsidian-linden
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Denbighshire
- Constituency
- Bangor Aberconwy MP: Claire Hughes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 12 January 2001
- Type
- Sundial
- Address
- Sundial in St Foddhyd's Churchyard, Clocaenog
- OS grid reference
- SJ 082 542
- Coordinates
- 53.07726, -3.37175
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The sundial in St Foddhyd's Churchyard is an octagonal bronze piece that includes its gnomon and is made by Joyce of Ruthin. It is marked with the latitude for which it is accurate. The sundial is mounted on the octagonal top of a round limestone pillar, which is set into an octagonal base stone that resembles a reworked millstone.
Local climate
Sundial in St Foddhyd's Churchyard sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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