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Latitude: 52.5206 / 52°31'14"N
Longitude: 1.6719 / 1°40'18"E
OS Eastings: 649203
OS Northings: 297756
OS Grid: TM492977
Mapcode National: GBR YSB.X3L
Mapcode Global: VHM66.XXQ1
Plus Code: 9F43GMCC+7Q
Entry Name: Sundial in Formal Gardens of Somerleyton Hall
Listing Date: 29 January 1987
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1031933
English Heritage Legacy ID: 282409
ID on this website: 101031933
Location: East Suffolk, NR32
County: Suffolk
District: East Suffolk
Civil Parish: Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet
Traditional County: Suffolk
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Suffolk
Church of England Parish: Somerleyton St Mary
Church of England Diocese: Norwich
Tagged with: Sundial
SOMERLEYTON SOMERLEYTON PARK
TM 49 NE
4/58 Sundial in formal gardens
of Somerleyton Hall
GV II
Equatorial sundial. Circa 1850 by John Thomas for Sir Morton Peto. Brass,
with a gilt Zodiac belt supported on a sculptured marble pedestal about 2.5m
high. The capital of the pedestal is formed by 4 heads with flowing beards;
below are 4 lions' heads holding festoons of fruit and flowers. A circular
plinth on an octagonal base, raised on stone steps. Listed for group value as
a central feature of the formal garden originally laid out by Nesfield,
although a sundial is not specifically mentioned in his 'Plan of Details for
the Enlargement of the West Parterre' dated October 1850. Forms part of a
garden included in the HBMC County Register of Gardens at Grade II.
Listing NGR: TM4920397756
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