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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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The Bush Hotel, Farnham

The motto on this ceiling dial reads: "Em Avtem Horam et Illam". [’There but the hour and that’ or ’All we have is time - nothing else (exists)’]. Shows 7am to 12 noon in hour and half hours. Uses XII. Lines extend to 6am and 4pm. Motto written in triple semicircle centred above mirror. Some concern about delineation since the window faces S35E. Mirror would have had to be on the window sill. But there is no evidence of it or a mounting. Hotel details suggest it was lit from a reflecting pool outside.

 

Image of dial 4605
2013
Image of dial 4605
2013
Image of dial 4605
2004

The Bush Hotel, The Borough, Farnham, Surrey

SRN Year Recorded Coords
S4605 18xx 2004 51.21500, -0.79722
N 51° 12' 54", W 00° 47' 50"
National Grid 3 Words Sundial Atlas
SU841469
Condition Type Access
Good Other Restricted
Maker Materials Dimensions
Painted plaster 4000 x 3000 estd