tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post4024086755012632397..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: St Endellion, CornwallPhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-27329054537468083172015-05-16T13:33:24.335+01:002015-05-16T13:33:24.335+01:00The sundial looks like it is cut in slate, which w...The sundial looks like it is cut in slate, which would be an excellent material. <br />In the churchyard of the disused church St Mary in Arden, Market Harborough is a slate headstone to Samuel Turner who worked locally as an artist, surveyor, headstone engraver and sundial maker. His own headstone which he engraved himself (apart from final dates) incorporates a sundial at the head of the stone. The sundial is accurate for its location. Unfortunately when the churchyard was tidied up and headstones were moved to create an open grassy area his headstone was moved to the north of the disused church were it does not receive the sun. <br />The headstones to Turner's two wives which he engraved incorporate a number of architectural features which I suspect were taken from architectural pattern books, which may have been the source of details incorporated at St Endellion.Stephen Barkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03076287980465633357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-45962999750525421622015-05-15T20:21:10.860+01:002015-05-15T20:21:10.860+01:00Eileen: Good point about the bellrigners. The idea...Eileen: Good point about the bellrigners. The idea of a bunch of parishioners hanging around, checking the sundial during the hours or minutes leading up to a service has always seemed a bit odd to me. But, yes, maybe the bellringers would – they'd be the ones whose responsibility it was to get the time right. Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-33834127819350389542015-05-15T13:20:34.119+01:002015-05-15T13:20:34.119+01:00Hi Phillip. The building material could be either ...Hi Phillip. The building material could be either limestone or sandstone, both plentiful in the Southwest, and also often used for old gravestones.<br /><br />A really fab sundial, that. The ones I've seen on churches are usually quite plain. A little thought about the usage; I reckon they may have been for the bellringers to tell the time by, as the bells themselves were for heralding the congregation to the service. I don't know if that's the case, but it seems more logical to me.Eileen Wrighthttp://www.pastremains.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-69990942924369308492015-05-14T09:45:08.595+01:002015-05-14T09:45:08.595+01:00Thank you both for your comments.
What is the ma...Thank you both for your comments. <br /><br />What <i>is</i> the material? It's certainly not granite. Slate?Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-16556134670966991932015-05-14T09:15:29.101+01:002015-05-14T09:15:29.101+01:00Given the precise mathematical design for post-med...Given the precise mathematical design for post-medieval sundials, one would be surprised at finding "rustic" anything in connection with them - though some seem to have been produced locally. This one doesn't look like Cornish granite.Joseph Biddulph (Publisher)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08655472675410890012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-32923544419416804962015-05-13T22:46:28.691+01:002015-05-13T22:46:28.691+01:00Wonderful piece of carving, I particularly like th...Wonderful piece of carving, I particularly like the sun.Stephen Barkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03076287980465633357noreply@blogger.com