Description

1575/0/10004
09-JAN-04

WHITCHURCH URBAN

CHURCH STREET
Sundial in the grounds of Alkmund's Church

GV
II

Sundial and base. Early C18, contemporary with the Church of St. Alkmund. Dressed sandstone with bronze plate. The circular column is 1.3m. high and set above two circular steps with a lowest, third step which is square in plan with rounded corners. The column is vase-shaped, with gadrooning to its swollen lower body. The circular plate is inscribed with 24 hours in Roman numerals and has its original triangular gnomon.
The building has group value with the Church of St Alkmund, Church Street, Whitchurch [q.v.]

This building is added to the list as a good early C18 example of a churchyard sundial, complete with its plate and gnomon. It groups well with the neighbouring church

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q84835104

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  For the Record
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)