Sundial - Dial House, High Street - Hook Norton, Oxfordshire
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N 51° 59.730 W 001° 28.992
30U E 604137 N 5761624
A sundial on a property on the High Street, Hook Norton, dated 1766.
Waymark Code: WM13CXM
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/10/2020
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"The stone vertical dial declinng 37 deg east is clamped to the brick wall between two upper windows and is about 915mm square. The date 1766 appears in the semicircle below the gnomon root which itself is surrounded by a sun. It shows the hours IV – IV divided into halves and X is used to mark noon. The numerals are upright though the I of 9am and 1pm slope so as to align with their hour lines.The hour lines start from the circle around the gnomon root; they together with the rest of the dial furniture are gilded."
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"House, now 2. C17 and C18. Coursed ironstone rubble with ironstone quoins and C20 tile roof. 3 brick stacks at ends and ridge. 3-unit plan. 2 storeys plus attic. M-shaped roof. Five 16-pane sash windows on first floor. 2 doors flanked by 16-pane sash windows. Sundial dated 1766 above left door. Canopy hood to door on right. Hipped dormer to Dial House. Interior: Cellar under right part. Blocked doors, in dividing walls on both floors. 2-storey C17 or earlier range to rear has steeply pitched gabled dormers flush with main wall. Lozenge shaped, blocked windows above ground floor to rear elevation."
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