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Latitude: 55.8833 / 55°52'59"N
Longitude: -3.0662 / 3°3'58"W
OS Eastings: 333403
OS Northings: 666084
OS Grid: NT334660
Mapcode National: GBR 700D.ZV
Mapcode Global: WH6T1.WD34
Plus Code: 9C7RVWMM+8G
Entry Name: North Sundial, Newbattle Abbey House
Listing Name: Newbattle Abbey Policies, North Sundial
Listing Date: 22 January 1971
Category: A
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 347937
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB14562
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Newbattle Abbey House, North Sundial
ID on this website: 200347937
Location: Newbattle
County: Midlothian
Electoral Ward: Midlothian East
Parish: Newbattle
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: Sundial
1635. Octagonal sandstone sundial with 19th century pedestal. Octagonal base with 4 steps plus base; pedestal bears date 'A.D 1635'. 4 chimera on pedestal supporting dial-stone. Fluted base to dial-stone; fan design to underside; carved in 2 tiers; lower tier contains bronze gnomon in each panel; upper tier contains initials with coronet, Lothian sun motif with coronet, armorial panels, initials EWL (William, Earl of Lothian) and CAL (Annie, Countess of Lothian) and faces. 4 men's heads with scrolled beards above; surmounted by 4 balls and an obelisk decorated with carved foliage; and ball and needle finial above.
A-Group with Newbattle Abbey, Newbattle Abbey Policies Fernery, Grotto and Ice House, Lothian Burial Ground, Maiden Bridge, Monkland Wall, South Sundial, Port Lodge, Newbattle Road and Abbey Road Wall and Gatepiers, Lamb's Nursery, Archbishop Leighton's House, 1-5 Riverside Cottages, Old Bridge, Newmills Road, Dalkeith Lodge in Dalkeith Burgh and The King's Gate in Cockpen Parish. The North sundial forms an identical pair with the South sundial, both were moved from the front of the house to the rear, mid 19th century. A Archer's ink sketch, 1834 and a colourtype, 1850 both depict a sundial surmounting a crenellated wall which extends from the N of the house and was possibly echoed at the other side. The Lothian Correspondence also mentions a sculpture court at the front of the house which the sundials may have been part of. The North sundial is enclosed on 3 sides by a yew hedge.
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