Sundial
Category
Horology
Date
Unknown
Materials
Brickwork, paint, gilding, iron
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Packwood House, Warwickshire
NT 557936.1
Summary
One of a group of three wall-mounted sundials, each oriented a different way in order to tell the time throughout the entire day. The "dial" painted directly onto the brickwork, the gnomon being affixed into the wall. Bearing the inscription "Septem Sine Horis", meaning "except, without, seven hours", referring to the fact that during the longest days, there are still seven hours in which the dial is useless. West facing.