Sundial at Plas Heaton is a Grade II listed building in the Denbighshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 June 2000. Sundial.
Sundial at Plas Heaton
- WRENN ID
- quartered-tower-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Denbighshire
- Constituency
- Clwyd North MP: Gill German (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 29 June 2000
- Type
- Sundial
- Address
- Sundial at Plas Heaton, Henllan
- OS grid reference
- SJ 030 691
- Coordinates
- 53.21046, -3.45255
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The sundial at Plas Heaton is a fine example of Georgian design, dating from 1767. It features a sandstone baluster base that stands on a wide circular plinth, reaching approximately 1.4 meters in height. The sundial has a moulded circular top and includes a brass sundial that is signed by Meredith Hughes, indicating its maker and date of creation.
Local climate
Sundial at Plas Heaton sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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