Description

THORPE SALVIN HARTHILL ROAD
SK58SW
(north side, off)
5/89 Sundial approximately
5 metres to south-east
of porch to Church of
St. Peter

GV II

Sundial. Probably C18 refixed on plinth dated 1841. Ashlar limestone. Small
3-step plinth surmounted by Tuscan column supporting abacus and square-sectional
sundial with ball finial. Plinth bears inscriptions on each face: 'No Security
against/death'; 'I stay on no Man/Repentance may be too/late and so may mercy/to';
'All things inward/Approaching their/Appointed end'; 'No Wicked Man/is happy/
1841'. The abacus is inscribed: 'Worldly Glory/So is life/May(?) present glory/
is the way of safety'. The sundial has a carved face on each side, no gnomons
remain. Projecting band beneath ball finial.

Listing NGR: SK5204081145

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26487589

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]