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BRIDOL is the British Sundial Society's Register of Fixed and Mass Dials, which gives detail and photographs of about 8000 fixed sundials and 3000 mass dials in the UK.

Some of these are in private gardens, but the majority are publicly available.

Click here for the BRIDOL main page.

The Priory, in herb garden., Lavenham

Motto reads: "Let others tell of storms and showers, I only count your sunny hours" around perimeter. Modern dial with false date of 1767. Shows 4am to 8pm in hours and half hours. Sunface inside compass. Split noon. Cast pierced gnomon. White markings on bronze ground. Present to owner on 25th Wedding Anniversary. Previous sighting gave motto as "Sunny Hours".

 

The Priory, in herb garden., Lavenham, Suffolk

SRN Year Recorded Coords
S1999 19xx 2000 52.10694, 0.79639
N 52° 06' 25", E 00° 47' 47"
National Grid 3 Words Sundial Atlas
TL916491
Condition Type Access
Excellent Horizontal Restricted
Maker Materials Dimensions
Bronze 250 diam