The Side, Milburn House, sundial

HER Number

12296

District

Newcastle

Site Name

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

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

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

425000

Northing

563900

Grid Reference

NZ425000563900

Sources

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