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Sundial
Sundial
Sundial
Sundial
Sundial
Sundial

Image credit: Robert H Taylor / Art UK

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The sundial is set in the centre of the five bay Old Meeting House – whose entrance is from doors at each end – between the windows of the first and second storey. It follows a standard pattern with the base of its gnomon in the centre of the painted sun at the top of the dial.
Title

Sundial

Date

1693

Medium

brick

Measurements

H 80 x W 100 x D (?) cm

Accession number

NR3_RHT_S252

Acquisition method

commissioned by Rev. William Bridge and Congregational church

Work type

Panel

Owner

Old Meeting House Congregational Church 

Custodian

Old Meeting House Congregational Church 

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade I (England and Wales)

Listing date

26/02/54

Access

at all times

Inscription description

the dial has the standard numbering beginning at top left: VI / VII / VIII / RUNNING ALONG THE BOTTOM: IX / X / XI XII / I / II; going up right hand side: III / IIII / V; date 'MDC XCIII' (1693) is split around sun at top of dial  

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Located at

Colegate, Norwich

NR3 1BW

Located down Old Meeting House Alley off Colegate.