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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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112 Kensington High Street, Kensington & Chelsea

The dial is set between second-floor windows above Lloyd’s Bank. The motto reads: "Forte Posce Animum" (Pray for a Brave Soul), with crest of Phillimore family (?) - who built the building. Shows 4am to 5pm with full-length hour, half- and quarter-hour lines. Uses XII and IV. Dial set into brick wall between two pillars holding an arch with crest below. Black (bronze?)numerals on stone.

 

Image of dial 5043
2009

112 Kensington High Street, Kensington & Chelsea, London (Greater)

SRN Year Recorded Coords
S5043 1908 2003 51.50114, -0.19314
N 51° 30' 04.1", W 00° 11' 35.3"
National Grid 3 Words Sundial Atlas
TQ255795
Condition Type Access
Unknown Vertical (D) Open
Maker Materials Dimensions
Stone, bronze 750h x 600w (dial)