Newcastle, The Side, Milburn House, sundial

HER Number:
12296

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, The Side, Milburn House, sundial

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad:
Garden Ornament

Site Type: Specific:
Sundial

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
There is a sundial built into the wall of Milburn House next to the bust and plaque to Collingwood, dated 1784. The sundial is in a round-arched sandstone frame and has fruit and foliage decoration in relief above it.

Easting:
250

Northing:
639

Grid Reference:
NZ250639

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Brenda Whitelock, 1992, Timepieces of Newcastle, pp 55-56