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| Name | Sundial |
| Date | 1663 |
| Location | Peterborough City Centre.
At the back of Yorkshire house (now ASK restaurant), 28-30 Priestgate, Peterborough, PE1 1WG. |
| Type | Leisure/Private residence |
| Original use | The dial was used to tell the time by the movement of the sun. The building was originally a private residence, owned by William Hake. |
Architecture:
The sundial is in the shape of a circle outlined by a groove with a small bead at its base.
The stone itself has a semicircular head formed by the dial and a rectangular lower edge with, 'Vivat Carolvs Secvndvs' (Long Live King Charles II) and the date 1663 written along it. The remaining text is on the face and the outer edge of the dial.
There is a common set above half way immediately under a horizontal line which has a semicircular groove round the common. Under the semicircle is an imprint of the imperial crown used in the state portraits of King Charles II.
There are no lines to indicate the time, but the hours are shown using Arabic numbers on the concave surface.
Social history:
The owner of the house, William Hake, was a royalist and a prominent figure in Peterborough. During the fall of the monarchy much of his property was taken away from him. After the restoration of the Stewarts in the 1660's William's property in Priestgate was restored to him and to celebrate this he erected the sundial and dedicated the Latin inscription to King Charles II.
The full inscription translates to; 'O blessed solitariness - O solitary blessedness: the town to me is a prison, and solitude my paradise. O God to be with us, and crown the work of our hands. Long live Charles II'.
