Sundial House, Soham

The dial is on the southern end gable below the chimney and can be seen on the right (east) side of the road when travelling north. This circular dial has the lines and letters in black on the natural stone, which has eroded to leave the painting proud of surface of stone. It uses Roman numerals aligned with the hour lines but to be read from outside the dial. The hours shown are from 6am to 3pm with half hour subdivisions. Uses XII for noon. There are traces of a semicircle around gnomon root to which hour lines are drawn. The simple iron rod gnomon has a single rod supporter. Motto, across the top of the dial plate reads: ’17 Tempus Fugit 81’. This is the same date as on the house nameplate ’Sundial Cottage 1781’.