Sundial in churchyard at Parish Church of St Chad is a Grade II listed building in the Wrexham local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 17 July 1996. Sundial.
Sundial in churchyard at Parish Church of St Chad
- WRENN ID
- open-slate-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wrexham
- Constituency
- Wrexham MP: Andrew Ranger (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 17 July 1996
- Type
- Sundial
- Address
- Sundial in churchyard at Parish Church of St Chad, Holt
- OS grid reference
- SJ 412 540
- Coordinates
- 53.08076, -2.87918
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The sundial in the churchyard at the Parish Church of St Chad is made of sandstone and is designed to resemble a column. It stands on two concentric stone steps. The shaft features the initials and date "RCW 1736 TP?W" carved into it. The upper face of the sundial no longer has its dial and gnomon.
Local climate
Sundial in churchyard at Parish Church of St Chad receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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