Sundial in churchyard of the Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Wrexham local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 July 1998. Sundial.

Sundial in churchyard of the Church of St Mary

WRENN ID
hollow-vestry-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wrexham
Constituency
Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
29 July 1998
Type
Sundial
Address
Sundial in churchyard of the Church of St Mary, Chirk
OS grid reference
SJ 291 376
Coordinates
52.93125, -3.05572
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The sundial in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary is made of sandstone and features a tall octagonal pillar. It has a moulded top and a wide moulded base. Each side of the octagon displays a deeply cut roll-moulded lancet that rises to a pointed arch. At the top, there is a brass plate created by W S Jones of Holborn, London, which is inscribed for W Potter and R Edwards, the churchwardens, and includes the date.

Local climate

Sundial in churchyard of the Church of St Mary receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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