Sundial, RHS Garden Hyde Hall, Creephedge Lane, Rettendon, Chelmsford, Essex.
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greysman
N 51° 39.954 E 000° 34.589
31U E 332399 N 5726660
A decorative sundial on he gable end of a barn in the RHS garden.
Waymark Code: WMK2T6
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/04/2014
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RHS Hyde Hall is a 360-acre experience, well worth visiting no matter what the season, wide open vistas and new plantings, a hilltop garden of peace with lawns and ponds, some modern art, and a series of footpaths through woods with exotic plants from around the world.
Hyde Hall is in an area of Essex that has very low rainfall (except for 2013/4!) and this combined with the soil conditions and exposed nature of the site, makes it a challenging area for gardening. But by choosing the right plants for the right places and by working with the prevailing conditions, it shows that it is possible to create a garden of beauty.
The gardens are open daily from 10am to 6pm, But from November to February it's 10am – 4pm with the last entry one hour before closing. The plant centre, gift shop and café are open daily from 9.30am to 4pm (Sundays 10am to 4pm with a 30 minute preview from 9.30am, tills open 10am).
On approaching the site, from Creephedge Lane, you will find plenty of parking adjacent to the visitor centre which includes the gift shop, plant sales, toilets and a cafe. From there either walk up the hill to the gardens, or the less able can take a golf cart ride. There is the Barn Restaurant here in an old barn off the courtyard, and full toilet facilities.
The sun dial is on the gable end of a barn to the south-west of the old Hyde Hall. The barn forms a wind-break for the garden, which is changed according to the seasons, at this point. It is an ornamental dial with no text markings, the hours are indicated by raised 'rays' on a shell motif. The gnomon is a brass rod which, when we were there had been moved so that the clock was some three hours slow. It is about 40cm square.
Sundial Type: Vertical - Wall mounted dial plate
Related Web Site: Not listed
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