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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.

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Dial House Farm, Sulgrave

The dial is in the porch gable and the date is taken from the date of the porch. Square dialplate though upper third of stone is unused. Dial stone cracked vertically leaving gnomon insecure. Cross patty for Noon, IIII for 4pm. Lines and numerals infilled in white on yellow stone ground. Some paint oversplash on upper parts of dial. Shows 6am to 5pm in hours. The door lintel below carries the date, with the initials ’K / I T’.

 

Image of dial 2773
2002

Dial House Farm, Magpie Road, Sulgrave, Northamptonshire

SRN Year Recorded Coords
S2773 1636 2004 52.10417, -1.19250
N 52° 06' 15", W 01° 11' 33"
National Grid 3 Words Sundial Atlas
SP554454
Condition Type Access
Good Vertical (D) Open
Maker Materials Dimensions
Stone, Fe gnom 350 square