Sundial Designers, Consultants & Makers

 

 

 

 

Nicholas KratzerThe British Sundial Society has put together a list of members who are sundial designers, consultants and makers. This list cannot be the definitive listing of dial makers worldwide but it will be of use as a guide to the range of services available from our members. If you wish to be included in this list, or if you come across any broken links, please contact the BSS Webmaster.

(All makers are listed in alphabetical surname order or company name order.)

PLEASE NOTE - The Society cannot take responsibility for any problems that may arise from contracting with any company or person listed below

 

 

 

 

Shaul Adam

24/11 Neurim St’, 37066 Pardes hanna-Karkur, Israel. Tel/Fax: 972 4 6230482 Cellular: 972 50 5328007.
E-mail: shaulia9@netvision.net.il
Experienced planner, designer and constructor of a wide diversity of sundials: horizontal dials of all types, armillary and various types of portable dials. All in a range of materials-stone and marble, ceramic, concrete, metals and acrylics.

Artisan Industrials, Jim Tallman

7259 Jerry Drive, West Chester, Ohio, USA. Tel: (+1) 513-253-5497
E-mail: artisan@artisanindustrials.com Website: www.artisanindustrials.com
Custom sundials in cast stone, brass, glass, and crystal. Maker of the Spectra Sundial, a unique indoor vertical dial that is custom made to order and floods the room with color as it simultaneously marks the passing hours. Each sundial is individually handcrafted, numbered and signed by the designer. Personalized inscriptions and anniversary datelines can be added. Special edition Spectra Sundials have been selected by the North American Sundial Society to serve as the trophy dials to accompany the annual Sawyer Dialing Prize award for excellence in dialling.

Ray Ashley, Dialmaker & Silversmith

2, Blythe Hill Lane, Catford, London, SE6 4UH. Tel: 0208 690 5007.
E-mail: sunray@dircon.co.uk
Designer/maker of vertical, horizontal and portable sundials. All dials carefully calculated for location and installed. Can use metal, painted wood, slate, stone etc. Public or private commissions.

Border Sundials

Trewern, Llandewi Skirrid, Abergavenny, NP7 8AW. Tel 01873 852 871, Mob: 07976 850 790.
E-mail: bordersundials@onetel.com Website: www.bordersundials.co.uk
Horizontals, armillary spheres and vertical dials all made to order in the Welsh Marches by sundial maker Capel Tenison.

Richard Boultbee, The Slate Workshop

Pont Hywel Mill, Llangolman, Clynderwen, Pembs, SA66 7XJ. Tel and Fax 01994 419543.
E-mail: biz@slate-workshop.co.uk Website: www.slate-workshop.co.uk
Hand-carved and/or sandblasted dials for private or public places, both horizontal and vertical. All in Welsh slate. Each is carefully designed in consultation with the client. Slate bases for horizontal dials made from rough slate chunks or worked/sculpted pieces.

Brookbrae Limited

7 Cranleigh Gardens, Kingston upon Thames, KT2 5TX. Tel: 020 8546 2110.
E-mail: olivergero@brookbrae.com Fax: 020 8546 2990. Website: www.brookbrae.com
Brookbrae have been designing and making sundials and armillary spheres for 25 years. All work is on commission, there is no longer a standard range of garden sundials and spheres. Please visit the website to see examples of some past commissions.

David Brown Sundials

Gibbs Orchard, Sutton Rd, Somerton, Somerset, TA11 6QP. Tel: 01458 274841.
E-mail: DMBsundial@aol.com Website: www.davidbrownsundials.com
Individually commissioned hand carved sundials in stone or slate for private or corporate clients. Highly decorated polyhedral dials a speciality. Clients include Christ Church, Oxford; The National Trust & Darwin Coll, University of Kent at Canterbury. BSS Award winner 1995 and 2000. Prices from £500.

Charlestown Sundials, Brad Dillon

Charlestown Sundials, 9 Mount Charles Road, St Austell, PI25 3LB. Tel 01726 63325 or 07989 275 956
E-mail: charlestownforge@btopenworld.com Website: www.charlestownsundials.co.uk
Horizontal, vertical and armillary sphere sundials in brass, copper and bronze. Quality dials made in the UK

Connoisseur Sundials, Silas Higgon

Lane's End, Strefford, Craven Arms, Shropshire, SY7 8DE. Tel/Fax: 01588 672126.
E-mail: sundials@ouvip.com Website: www.sun-dials.net
Traditional dials in brass or bronze including horizontal and vertical (any declination). Armillary spheres; equatorial, elevation and analemmatic dials. Plinths available.

Christopher St J H Daniel FSA, Consultant Sundial Designer

8 The Maltings, Abbey Street, Faversham, Kent, ME13 7DU. Tel: 01795 531804.
E-Mail: chris.daniel180@btinternet.com & cdaniel@clocksmagazine.com Website: www.sundialdesign.co.uk
Experienced diallist and established professional designer. Contemporary individual designs and historic reconstruction work: commissions in association with leading artists, craftsmen and makers: examples in national institutions, universities and public places, illustrated in "Sundials" Shire Album.

Courtyard Sundials

16 The Brewery, Off Golden Hill, Wiveliscombe, Taunton, Somerset TA4 2NY. Telephone: 01984 629242
Website: www.courtyardsundials.co.uk
Courtyard Sundials are dedicated to becoming purveyors and designers of a range of exclusive and high quality sundials that will appeal to the discerning few. Visitors at our Wiveliscombe workshop are always welcome but please ring first - we are often away at shows and we'd hate you to have a wasted journey.



David Harber Sundials

Blewburton Barns, Aston Upthorne, Oxfordshire, OX11 9EE. Tel: 01491 576956. Fax: 01491 413524. E-mail: sales@davidharbersundials.co.uk Website: www.davidharbersundials.co.uk
Unusual dials of classical and contemporary design made to commission. Previous clients include Jeremy Irons, Downing College Cambridge and art collectors in Europe, America and South Africa.

Flowton Dials, Dr John Davis

Sundials and Reproduction Scientific Instruments, Orchard View, Tye Lane, Flowton, Ipswich, IP8 4LD. Tel: 01473 658646. E-mail: john.davis51@btopenworld.com Website: www.flowton-dials.co.uk
Flowton Dials produces precision sundials and other scientific instruments, chiefly from brass and always working with its customers to produce a unique design. Specialising in complex dials but also producing artistic designs. Accurate reproductions of antique dials, including portable types, are possible.

Robert Foster, Sundial Designer and Maker.

Maw's Craft Centre, Jackfield, Telford. TF8 7LS.
Tel: 01746 861330 E-mail robert.sundials@tiscali.co.uk Website: www.sundialsbyrobertfoster.co.uk
A unique range of armillary and horizontal sundials, hand made in brass and bronze. Standard range or made to commission.

Mark C. Frith, Sundial Designer and Maker, Sculptor and Letter-Carver.

86 Illiffe Street, London, SE17 3LL. Tel: 0207 703 0002. Studio: 0207 720 0039.
Unusual sundials in stone or slate, large or small, finely hand-carved to suit individual requirements. Public and private commissions. Recent work includes the largest analemmatic sundial in the United Kingdom, in the National Arboretum in Staffordshire and a commemorative sundial for the Headquarters of the South Wales Constabulary.


Gunning Sundials

Wych Elm Cottage, Sussex Road, Petersfield, Hants, GU31 4JZ. Tel: 01730 262010. Fax: 01730 266640.
E-mail: gunsun@btinternet.com Website: www.dbweb.com/gunning.sundials/
Specialists in Heliochronometers, Gunning Sundials have introduced a new classical variant which is both an attractive garden ornament and a precision instrument.


Jonathan Hedge, Stone Carver

Private and public sculptural commissions in various types of stone for historical restoration projects, contemporary sculptural schemes, interior and exterior decorative ornament, features for garden and landscape. www.carvinginstone.co.uk.

Heron Metal Crafts

16 Courtfield Drive, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 6JG Tel: 01628 418117 Fax: 01628 770892
Email: info@heronmetalcrafts.com Web Page: www.heronmetalcrafts.com
Individually commissioned sundials made of brass, bronze, stainless steel or copper. Various styles are available, Armillary, Obelisk and our limited edition Atlas. A range of photographs are shown on the web page. All dials are personalized and carefully calculated for location, thus making excellent presents and family heirlooms.


Sally Hersh, Sculptor & Letter carver

Sycamores Studio, School Lane, Lodsworth, W Sussex, GU28 9DH. Tel/Fax: 01798 861248.
E-mail: admin@sallyhersh.com Web site: www.sallyhersh.com
My sundials are designed individually and are unique for each client. Wall dials are hand carved into slate or other appropriate stone and can be plain cut or gold leaf gilded, as preferred. Each dial is accurate for its location and designed to relate closely to surrounding architecture. Especially, they contain personal information relating to the client. I also make horizontal and equatorial dials in stone and bronze. I like to maintain close contact with my clients throughout. My Sundials can be seen in UK, Europe and USA.

Winner of both BSS Awards 1995 & 2000.

Harriet James Sundials

35 Bradley Road, Warminster, Wiltshire BA12 8BN. Tel: 01985 216311
E-mail: harriet@harrietjames.wanadoo.co.uk Website: www.sunnydials.co.uk
Unique hand-carved stone sundials with gilded or painted decoration. Public or private commissions, individually designed and calculated for a specific site. Art and science combined! Installation service and plinths provided. Restoration of old sundials. Prices from £600. Clients include New College Oxford, Birmingham University etc.


Harry Jonas, Stonemason

Daniels Cottage, Water Street, Berwick St John,
Shaftsbury, SP7 0HS. Tel/Fax: 01747 829067.
Architectural masonry and stone carving, repair and conservation of stonework. Pedestals with carving a speciality.

Ben Jones, Sundial maker & Letter carver

11 Hamilton Road Topsham Exeter Devon EX3 0LH Tel: 01392 252815
E-mail: ben@BenJonesSundials.co.uk Website: www.BenJonesSundials.co.uk
Ben Jones designs and carves a wide variety of wall dials, horizontal dials and plinths, equatorial, polar, scaphe and analemmatic dials, using stone, slate, wood and granite.

Jackie Jones

51 Upper Lewes Road, Brighton, BN2 3FH. Tel: 01273 673511
E-mail: jackie@waitrose.com Website: www.silversundials.co.uk
I trained as a jeweller and now make portable sundials in hallmarked sterling silver. They are modern designs; a piece of art as well as functional. Each one is individually made for the required latitude and can be designed to order.


Lindisfarne Sundials, Tony Moss

43 Windsor Gardens, Bedlington, Northumberland, NE22 5SY. Tel/fax: 01670 823232, Mobile: 077207 11238.
E-mail: tony@lindisun.demon.co.uk Website: www.lindisun.demon.co.uk
All dials are individually designed then pierced, milled, etched or engraved in hard brass or bronze. Each is a unique solar timepiece, finished by hand to the jewellery standards of a lifelong craftsman in fine metalwork. The Royal Astronomical Society commissioned a Lindisfarne dial as their Millennium presentation to Patrick Moore.

Macmillan Hunter

3 Peel Terrace, Edinburgh EH9 2AY. Telephone: 0131 468 2616.
E-mail: m.h@macmillanhunter. Website: www.macmillanhunter.co.uk
A Macmillan Hunter sundial is a precision piece in stainless steel for garden and landscape. The design is elegant with a vertical dial face showing daylight hours, calendar, and time, on a slender pillar.

Meridian Sun Clocks and Plaques

Barnacle Cottage, Back Lane, Meriden, nr Coventry, CV7 7LD. Tel: 02476 465634.
Cast bronze dials of various sizes, horizontal, vertical and equatorial. Vertical dials have adjustable orientation and three designs of gnomon.

Joanna A Migdal

Bix studio, Bix Hill, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 6BY. Tel: 01491 412962 Fax: 01491 637608.
Website: www.sundialsomething.com
With the maker's love of art and science these individually designed sundials are skilfully, artistically and precisely handmade. One-off commissioned armillary spheres and horizontal bronze, brass and stainless steel sundials for private and public locations a speciality. BSS Award Scheme winner 2000.

Modern Sunclocks, Douglas Hunt, Proprietor

1 Love Street, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, KA13 7LQ. Tel/fax: 01294 552250.
E-mail: ModernSunclocks@digitalmail.com or sunclocks@ukgateway.net Website: www.sunclocks.com
An international business, specialising in customised layout plans for "SUNCLOCKS" using a person's own shadow to tell correct clock time. Perfect as a curriculum-wide school project or self-funding 'Millennium' marker. For details plus many photographs please refer to our website.

John Moir, Sundial Designer

24 Woodcote Rd, Wanstead, London, E11 2QA. Tel: 0208 989 2584.
Design possibilities creatively explored with the aim of producing dials whose layout and form are uniquely suited to their particular site or context. Accepted designs then executed by established craftsmen.

John Morgan-Hughes, Wall sundials

18 Colney Lane, Norwich, NR3 7RE. Tel: 01603 451514.
E-mail: jmorganhughes@doctors.org.uk
Designer of accurate painted vertical dials executed by a professional sign writer and metal craftsman.

Piers Nicholson, Sundial Designer

PO Box 292, Epsom, Surrey, KT17 4LQ Tel: 01372 725 742. Fax: 01372 747 767. Mobile: 07909 747 335.
E-mail: info@spot-on-sundials.co.uk Website: www.nicholson.sundials.co.uk
Commissions include a 10m diameter horizontal dial in Lincoln, and a series of polar dials on plinths of 2000 bricks in the City of London, Chatham, and the Greenwich peninsula. Maker of the novel Spot-On horizontal dial with a split gnomon that features a method of easy setting up and which is now available in brass in 8 models to suit Northern and Southern latitudes, and in 3 models in stainless steel made specially for the latitude of the purchaser.


Patrick Powers, Dial Consultant

16 Moreton Avenue, Harpenden, Herts, AL5 2ET. Tel/Fax: 01582 713721.
E-Mail: patrick_powers@dunelm.org.uk
Calculation & delineation of all kinds of dials. Designer for and Consultant to a Northumberland County Council project for a large public Millennium dial.

Peter Ransom, Delineator and Consultant

29 Rufus Close, Rownhams, Southampton, SO16 8LR. Tel: 023 8073 0547. Fax: 023 8073 0572.
E-mail: p_ransom@hotmail.com
Advice on and calculation of, the mathematics of dialling. Recent work includes the human analemmatic sundial at the Williamson Park in Lancaster and the pair of East/West dials on the Walking Man statue in Andover.

Scientific Sundials, Graham Aldred

4, Sheardhall Avenue, Disley, Cheshire, SK12 2DE. Tel: 01663 762415.
E-mail: graham-aldred@sheardhall.co.uk
Experienced specialist in restoration and repairs to Pilkington & Gibbs Heliochronometers. Restoration & accurate reconstruction of historic wall dials. Sundial Consultancy within conservation projects. Original customised designs and fabrication for most types of dials. Full and accurate installation service.

Scott Design, Dave Scott

Scott Design, 152 Wendell Depot Rd., Wendell MA 01379 USA. Tel (+1) 978 544 2374
E-mail: dscott(at sign)igc.org Website www.scottdesignsundials.com
I design and build vertical sundials in a variety of materials.



Prof. W.T.Sullivan III

Dept. of Astronomy, Univ. of Washington, 6532 Palatine Ave, N Seattle, Washington 98195 USA. Tel: (USA) 206-543-7773. E-mail: woody@astro.washington.edu
Designer and consultant for many public sundials around the USA: see the largest at www.phys.washington.edu/Department/tour/
Collaboration sought with artists, building architects, landscape architects and construction firms who wish to produce a sundial that is unique, appropriate to its site, good looking, accurate and durable.

Sundials Exclusive

P O Box 31056, Tokai 7966, Cape Town, South Africa. Tel: Cape Town +27 21 7128402, Johannesburg +27 11 8073778, Durban +27 31 3017419 E-mail: info@sundialsexclusive.com Website www.sundialsexclusive.com
Designers and crafters of worldwide location specific engraved solid brass and bronze horizontal sundials and armillary spheres, all available in polished brass and antique verdigris finish. Sundials are specifically made for each client and incorporate the client's personalised details and design - the perfect gift which can be delivered to your door.

Sundial Sculptures by John L. Carmichael

925 E. Foothills Dr, Tucson, Arizona 85718, USA. Tel: 520-696-170
Email: jlcarmichael@comcast.net Website: www.sundialsculptures.com
Exquisite hand-carved stone sundials with inlayed brass, beautiful artwork and multiple scientific functions. These precise timekeeping instruments are available in 25 diameter sizes and larger. Also makes and sell stained glass, porcelain, and painted wall sundials. Additionally, John designs large monumental public sundials. All sundials are custom-designed to suit each client’s tastes. Informative Sundial Owners Manual included. Catalog available upon request.

Heiner Thiessen

Heiner Thiessen, Broad Oaks, Petersfield, Hants.
Email: info@solardials.com Website: www.solardials.com
Heiner is a retired university lecturer and started designing sundials in 2002. He specialises in circular equatorial dials which the observer aligns to the sun to read local apparent time. His models are intended to be educational hands-on tools and work to a high degree of precision. They are suitable for controlled environments in schools, colleges, universities, learning zones, parks and gardens. Apart from reading local solar time, one of his dials also tells the hour for all other longitudes around Earth simultaneously. Some of his dials can indicate the times for sunrise and sunset. One dial also tells the hour with the help of the moon or a star.


Alan Thompson

Normanton House, Normanton, Nr Bottesford, Leics. NG13 0EP. Tel: 01949 843768.
E-mail: thompson241@btinternet.com
Designer and maker of fixed and portable dials in brass to suit customers' requirements. Repair and restoration of existing dials also undertaken.

Colin Thorne, LBHI, Sundial Maker and Restorer

Trafalgar Lodge, Newport Road, Barnstaple, Devon, EX32 9BD. Tel: 01271 376720.
Horizontal and vertical dials engraved on brass or slate with gold leaf infill to slate engraving if required; Painted vertical dials on wood or sheet material. NB Commissions only within an easy day's drive from Barnstaple.

John Close Sundials (formerly Westwood Dials)

White House Farm, New Hall Lane, Mundon, Nr Maldon, Essex CM9 6PJ Tel/Fax: 01621 740599
E-mail: sales@johnclose sundials.co.uk Website www.johnclosesundials.co.uk
Armillary sundial makers. Choose from our large range or commission. Your own engraved inscription. Clients include The General Public, Singapore Bot Gdns, Pennsylvania Uni, Westminster Council, Roy Lancaster, Herstmonceaux Castle & more.