Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
18486
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
13/06/1997
Date of Amendment
13/06/1997
Name of Property
Sundial in churchyard, Church of St Garmon.
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Castle Caereinion
Town
Castle Caereinion
Locality
Castle Caereinion
Easting
316346
Northing
305487
Street Side
S
Location
The sundial is located in the graveyard, approximately 5m SW of the SW corner of the church tower.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
A fine brass sundial of 1764, set, perhaps at a slightly later date, on an C18 pedestal.
Exterior
The limestone pedestal is of inverted baluster form, set on a moulded base. Moulded cap terminating in a small square block, on which is mounted a brass plate dial by O. Ratcliff of Pool (Welshpool), complete with gnomon, dated 1764, and giving the latitude as 53 degrees 30' N.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a fine example of a sundial by a well-known maker, set on an approximately contemporary shaft.
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