Sundial S of Porch, Church of St Mwrog is a Grade II listed building in the Denbighshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 16 May 1978. Monument.
Sundial S of Porch, Church of St Mwrog
- WRENN ID
- first-paling-marsh
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Denbighshire
- Constituency
- Clwyd East MP: Becky Gittins (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 16 May 1978
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Sundial S of Porch, Church of St Mwrog, Llanfwrog, Ruthin
- OS grid reference
- SJ 113 578
- Coordinates
- 53.11013, -3.32548
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The sundial located south of the porch of the Church of St Mwrog is a circular, slightly tapering monolithic column. It is ringed at both the top and bottom and stands on a circular base. The column is set on a wide two-tier circular stone plinth, with moulded top edges on each tier. At the top of the column is a circular bronze sundial, which is dated 1987 and features the names M Williams, H Davies, D Edwards, and G Edwards.
Local climate
Sundial S of Porch, Church of St Mwrog sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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