Sundial Approximately 12 Metres to North West of Tower of Church of Saint Mary the Virgin
SUNDIAL APPROXIMATELY 12 METRES TO NORTH WEST OF TOWER OF CHURCH OF SAINT MARY THE VIRGIN, CHURCH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1055377
- Date first listed:
- 29-Oct-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Sundial Approximately 12 Metres to North West of Tower of Church of Saint Mary the Virgin
- Statutory Address:
- SUNDIAL APPROXIMATELY 12 METRES TO NORTH WEST OF TOWER OF CHURCH OF SAINT MARY THE VIRGIN, CHURCH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1055377
- Date first listed:
- 29-Oct-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Sundial Approximately 12 Metres to North West of Tower of Church of Saint Mary the Virgin
- Statutory Address 1:
- SUNDIAL APPROXIMATELY 12 METRES TO NORTH WEST OF TOWER OF CHURCH OF SAINT MARY THE VIRGIN, CHURCH STREET
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For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- SUNDIAL APPROXIMATELY 12 METRES TO NORTH WEST OF TOWER OF CHURCH OF SAINT MARY THE VIRGIN, CHURCH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Shawbury
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 55898 21191
Details
SJ 5521 SHAWBURY C.P. CHURCH STREET (east side) 19/115 - Sundial approx. 12 metres to north- west of tower of Church of Saint Mary the Virgin GV II
Sundial. Late C18. Dressed grey sandstone. Circular base consisting of 4 steps with moulded nosings. Stubby Tuscan column. Circular copper dial plate inscribed: "Use well/these few bright/but ever fleetinge/hours" and "veni vide vale". Accounts record that 3s. was paid for putting up the sundial in 1784 and that £1 3s. 0d. was paid in 1786 for "a Dial piller". The dial appears to have been made in 1771 when £7 7s. 0d. was paid for it and £3 3s. 0d. for the dial plate. D.H.S. Cranage, An Architectural Account of the Churches of Shropshire, Part 8, p.724.
Listing NGR: SJ5589821191
Legacy
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- Legacy System number:
- 260110
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Cranage, DHS, An Architectural Account of the Churches of Shropshire, (1908), 724
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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