Sundial in St Mary's Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Flintshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 12 December 1994. Sundial.

Sundial in St Mary's Churchyard

WRENN ID
fading-pier-rush
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Flintshire
Constituency
Clwyd East MP: Becky Gittins (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
12 December 1994
Type
Sundial
Address
Sundial in St Mary's Churchyard, Nercwys
OS grid reference
SJ 234 603
Coordinates
53.13518, -3.14524
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The sundial in St Mary's Churchyard is a mid-18th century sandstone structure featuring a contemporary sundial. It has a baluster base that sits on a flat, circular plinth. There are later iron reinforcing bands on the simply moulded necking. At the top, there is an octagonal brass sundial set into a moulded circular table, which is mounted on the base. This sundial was made by Lewis Thomas of Chester in 1768.

Local climate

Sundial in St Mary's Churchyard receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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