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
18133
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
31/01/1997
Date of Amendment
31/01/1997
Name of Property
Sundial in the Churchyard of the Church of St Mary
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Llanbrynmair
Town
Locality
Llan
Easting
288398
Northing
300769
Street Side
W
Location
Located to the south of the W end of the church, approximately 5 metres from the corner of the Vestry.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Exterior
A monolithic stone sundial, approximately 1m high, the square shaft with stopped chamfered angles, carrying a brass plate by Samuel Roberts of Llanvair, dated 1754 with a later gnomon, and giving the latitude of 52deg 35' N.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as an interesting locally made dial plate of the C18, unusual in bearing the latitude for which it is presumably set.
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