Wimborne Minster Church, Wimborne Minster

The dial is mounted on a squat square stone block pillar to the left of the porch. Roman numerals on all faces. The South face declines slightly East, and shows 6am to 5pm in half hours; the West face has 6 hour lines and no numbers; The East face has several hour lines and no Numbers. Metal rod gnomons, southern one bent down at tip and with a small metal gusset at the origin. The North face is blank. A plaque on the back of the plinth records ’This ancient sun-dial was removed from gable of the South transept at its restoration -1891 and erected here in 1894. George E. Richards Charles H. Gush, churchwardens.’ A restoration of the stonework was carried out in 1984 replaced the stone bearing the date 1752; the date was not re-cut into the new stone. Old postcards clearly show the two dates. Wills Cigarette Card No 17 shows it in 1928, and gives a restoration date of 1752.