Sundial in churchyard of Church of St Bilo is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 17 January 1963. House.

Sundial in churchyard of Church of St Bilo

WRENN ID
tattered-hearth-equinox
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
17 January 1963
Type
House
Address
Sundial in churchyard of Church of St Bilo, Llanfilo, Brecon, Felin-Fach
OS grid reference
SO 118 332
Coordinates
51.99058, -3.28449
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The sundial located in the churchyard of the Church of St Bilo features a stone octagonal shaft that stands on an octagonal base. It has a moulded, eroded rounded top and is topped with a 20th-century sundial plate.

Local climate

Sundial in churchyard of Church of St Bilo sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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