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Some of these are in private gardens, but the majority are publicly available.
The dial is on the Orangery Terrace. It was designed and manufactured as a replica of the 1683 original, a combined horizontal and equinoctial, the latter being of 203 dia. Ram’s head on each side of the gnomon. Shield with the Legh engrailed cross on the gnomon support bracket. In the southern sector ’RL [for R Legh] / 1683’. Lyme Hall was the home of the Legh family from 1372 until 1948. Knife-edge gnomon. Roman numerals for 4am to 8pm using IIII. Quarter hours in an inner chapter ring, 2-minute divisions in an outer ring. The equinoctial ha 5-minute divisions. Ref BSS Bulletin 17 (iv) Dec 2005 page 160. Sundial Design Competition 2010.
2010
2010
Lyme Hall, Lyme Park, Disley, SK12 2NX, Cheshire
SRN
Year
Recorded
Coords
S7000
2009
2009
53.33825, -2.05469 N 53° 20' 17.7", W 02° 03' 16.9"
