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Latitude: 52.6852 / 52°41'6"N
Longitude: -1.8306 / 1°49'50"W
OS Eastings: 411549
OS Northings: 309734
OS Grid: SK115097
Mapcode National: GBR 4DN.L0B
Mapcode Global: WHCGN.VRGV
Plus Code: 9C4WM5P9+3Q
Entry Name: Sundial Immediately to South of Nave of Cathedral
Listing Date: 17 June 1994
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1218802
English Heritage Legacy ID: 382784
ID on this website: 101218802
Location: St Mary and St Chad's Cathedral, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13
County: Staffordshire
District: Lichfield
Civil Parish: Lichfield
Built-Up Area: Lichfield
Traditional County: Staffordshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Staffordshire
Tagged with: Sundial
LICHFIELD
SK1109NE THE CLOSE
1094-1/5/227 (South side)
Sundial immediately to south of Nave
of Cathedral
GV II
Sundial. Date uncertain, probably C17 or early C18; 1st
recorded 1781. Ashlar. Tall quatrefoil pier on plinth, with
ring and moulded capital supporting cube with dials and
gnomons to each face, reeded domical cap. An unusual feature
whose origin is unknown, removed in 1781 and re-erected to the
west end of the cathedral in 1785, removed and sold in 1881,
and returned and re-erected on its present site in 1929.
(Victoria History of the County of Stafford: Greenslade M W:
Lichfield: Oxford: 1990-: P.56).
Listing NGR: SK1154809734
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