St Rumon’s Parish Church, S Molton

This dial has many of the characteristics we associate with dials by the Berry family: the winged heads in the upper corners, the sun face, the fleur-de-lys markers for the half hours and the decorative cipher at noon. The date 1710 is too early unless there were older members about whom we know nothing. The dial declines West and shows the hours VII - V divided into halves and quarters. The dial plate is not quite central on the slate slab and has a wider margin on the right, an error unlikely to be committed by a Berry. The gnomon has a scrolled supporter. There is a crack across the bottom right hand corner which was not recorded by JMrs Crowleywhen she drew the dial in 1953. The dial measures 380mmw x 450mmh.