Sundial at Kilvrough Manor is a Grade II listed building in the Swansea local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 10 February 2000. Sundial.

Sundial at Kilvrough Manor

WRENN ID
haunted-bastion-ash
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Swansea
Constituency
Gower MP: Tonia Antoniazzi (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
10 February 2000
Type
Sundial
Address
Sundial at Kilvrough Manor, Pennard
OS grid reference
SS 558 893
Coordinates
51.58411, -4.08155
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The sundial at Kilvrough Manor is made of shaped reconstituted stone and stands on a square base. The shaft features spiral moulding above moulded lobes. The gnomon, which is the part that casts the shadow, is currently missing.

Local climate

Sundial at Kilvrough Manor sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,490 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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