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.
Click here for the BRIDOL main page.Bekonscot Model Village, Beaconsfield
The dial is situated in the north-east corner of the Model Village complex, located in a model of Enid Blyton’s former home in Beaconsfield. It is made of brass painted to look like slate, with a brass gnomon. Because of the small scale, there is no inscription, but there is some pseudo-writing to give the appearance of one. Hour lines run to a semicircle around the gnomon root, and there are vertical Roman numerals from V (am) to IV (pm).
The dial is in a Mock-Tudor gable of the model building, which is a 1/12th scale model of Green Hedges, 42 Penn Road, Beaconsfield, the former home of Enid Blyton. It represents a scale model of the original sundial at Green Hedges (see SRN 7887). Unfortunately the gable in the model faces roughly east whereas the original gable faced roughly south. Both dials were presented in 1997 in the year of Enid Blyton’s centenary.
Ref:The Sundial of Adventure, talk by Frank King at the 2015 BSS Nottingham Conference, BSS Bulletin, 27(ii).
Bekonscot Model Village, Warwick Road, Beaconsfield, HP9 2PL, Buckinghamshire
| SRN | Year | Recorded | Coords |
|---|---|---|---|
| S7888 | 1997 | 2016 | 51.61369, -0.64464 N 51° 36' 49.3", W 00° 38' 40.7" |
| National Grid | 3 Words | Sundial Atlas |
|---|---|---|
| SU93949142 |
| Condition | Type | Access |
|---|---|---|
| Excellent | Vertical (D) | Restricted |
| Maker | Materials | Dimensions |
|---|---|---|
| Bekonscot Model Village workshops | Brass | Approx 40w x 55h |