BRIDOL is the British Sundial Society's Register of Fixed and Mass Dials, which gives detail and photographs of about 8000 fixed sundials and 3000 mass dials in the UK.
Some of these are in private gardens, but the majority are publicly available.
Click here for the BRIDOL main page.St Andrew’s Church, Colebrooke
On the south wall of the western tower is a slate sundial in an architectural terracotta aedicule with flanking Ionic pilasters and a tented and scrolled pediment. Above the dial are carved a skull, scythe and hourglasses, and below there are the heads of cherubs. The dial show hours VI - V divided into halves and quarters. It was designed and made by the celebrated ecclesiastical sculptor Harry Hems of Exeter, and was the gift of Mr Charles Turner of Sydenham, Somerset. The dial is dated 1889, and a motto across the top of the dial plate, and in the stone surround below the plate, reads ’Watch and Pray Time flies away’.
Ref: Gatty 1900, p 473
St Andrew’s Church, Colebrooke, EX17 5JH, Devon
| SRN | Year | Recorded | Coords |
|---|---|---|---|
| S0103 | 1889 | 1973 | 50.78667, -3.74611 N 50° 47' 12", W 03° 44' 46" |
| Condition | Type | Access |
|---|---|---|
| Excellent | Vertical (D) | Open |
| Maker | Materials | Dimensions |
|---|---|---|
| Harry Hems. Exeter | Slate, metal gn | 900 x 600 |