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Sundial Salon, Chesham

Diamond-shaped vertical dial on a south-west facing wall overlooking a roundabout. The dial and the gnomon look plausible but are completely incorrect. The delineation shows 12 hours yet the hour lines span only 90 degrees, whereas 12 hours invariably span 180 degrees. Could the hour numbers have been repainted wrongly at some time? The vertical hour line is marked as 1pm, yet vertical hour lines are invariably noon. The numerals are angled, perhaps to aid reading from the ground. The gnomon angles are incorrect and the gnomon is bent. The dial has been repainted recently (as at 2017) and now carries the inscription ’Here comes the sun’ in an arc below the gnomon root.

 

2017
 

Sundial Salon Elgiva Lane and High Street Chesham Buckinghamshire

SRN Year Recorded Coords
1699 19xx 2020 51.70667, -0.61361
N 51° 42' 24", W 00° 36' 49"
National Grid 3 Words Sundial Atlas
SP959018 UK001587
Condition Type Access
Fair Vertical (D) Open
Maker Materials Dimensions
Wood & iron 1100 x 800w