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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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Triangular Lodge (3), Rushton

One of three separate dials, one on each face of the building; this is the SW dial. No hour lines. Sheet metal ’dog-leg’ gnomon with upper edge (perp to the dial plate) with a fine patterned shape. Motto above ’SOLI LABORAVI’ - see SRN 3059 and 7074 for full text. Ref Gatty 1900 motto 1092, which has a very full entry. Ref: See also Lucinda Lambton: ’Three is a magic number’, The Oldie, Sept 2024, pp82-84. Ref: Lucinda lambton: ’An Album of Curious Houses’. Chatto & Windus, 1988,

 

Image of dial 7075
2019
Image of dial 7075
2019

Triangular Lodge (3), Rushton, Northamptonshire

SRN Year Recorded Coords
S7075 1595 2010 52.43944, -0.77889
N 52° 26' 22", W 00° 46' 44"
National Grid 3 Words Sundial Atlas
SP831831
Condition Type Access
Poor Vertical (D) Restricted
Maker Materials Dimensions
Sir Thomas Tresham Stone, iron Estd 1000w x 700h