Dial of the Month - March 2010

 

 


 

 

SRN 1108 Naunton, Glos.

 

SRN 1109 Naunton, Glos.

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SRN 1108-9 (Verticals, Naunton, Glos.)


 

Two for the price of one, this month.  The dials, dated 1748, have clearly been repainted many times, and though the delineation has strayed disastrously, they still have charm.  The west dial shows the hour lines as heavy rain from a russet storm cloud; and the south dial uses the same earthy colour to form what can be seen as an  unsettling face with widely separated staring eyes above an all-engulfing mouth.