St George’s Church, Georgeham

Mrs Crowley, who spent about ten years creating her collection of Devon and Cornwall sundial drawings, lived at Georgeham and we may wonder why she took so long to get round to drawing the dial in her own village: it is number 24 in her series. She has taken care to show all its features by adding small detail sketches to her main picture. The slate dial is on the porch inset in a stone niche and though some of its decorative features are a little faint now it still in fair condition. It has vertical Roman hour numerals VI - XII - IIII - VI. Hour lines start from a double semi-circle around the gnomon root. Half and quarter hour marks. Dial plate is rectangle with inset arched top. Floral scribings in arch and in lower corners. The date ’1773’ is engraved below the arch and above the root of the gnomon. It measures 560mmw x 760mmh.