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.
The maker of this fine bronze dial has his name ’Fra(ncis) West, Fleet Street. London’ on the dial plate. The decorative gnomon bears the arms of Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, King of the Belgians. There is a 32-point compass rose and an Equation of Time ring. 32 cities or locations are shown with their associated noon times within the chapter ring. The dial is mounted on a baluster style pedestal with a fluted lower section. A brass plate on the side of the top support stone reads ’Sundial erected at Claremont by HRH Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg Saalfield KG after his election in 1831 as first King of the Belgians. Purchased in 1931 by HM Queen Mary and erected in the grounds of Frogmore House.’
