This is here for the convenience of members of the BSS while the content is being transferred to the new site.
The Society holds regular competitions, every other year for Photos and typically every five years for Sundials. This page will give details of forthcoming competitions and contains the results of recent ones.
Installed 2014
Dimensions: 4.5m diameter in plan
Materials: Hour points, hour lines and motto in Cumbrian green slate
Principal background in Portland stone.
Sunburst in Indian red granite
Gnomon in stainless steel 25mm thick
Equation of time plaque with credits is in stainless steel
Inclination: 12.5⁰
Location: Eureka Park, Swadlincote, Derbyshire: 52⁰46’41.45’’N, 1⁰33’12.27’’W
General view of the sculpture
The West Port
Linlithgow
West Lothian
Longitude: 3.6º West
Latitude: 55.96º North
Client: West Lothian Council; Commissioned from the Provost’s Fund
Designed and made by Tim Chalk
Concrete casting by Gray Concrete
Bronze casting by Powderhall Bronze
Commissioned October 2009
Completed March 2011
Dial Type: Free standing Horizontal Dial
Materials: Bronze, Cast Glass reinforced Concrete, Granite Setts
Dimensions: 2 metres(h) x 1.2 metres(w) x 1 metre(d)
Two young visitors view the Oculus Table sundial, with its instructions, information, and drawings of landmarks, used for north alignment, around the edge. The time is 10:30 on a day close to the summer solstice.
This sundial was inspired by the fashion for Egyptian motifs, colours and symbolism in Art Deco of the 1920s.
Completed in 2013 and designed by Dr Peter Bristow, it is one of four made for his garden in Oxfordshire by Harriet James.
View of the front of the finished Sundial
Location:
Strathallan School
Forgandenny
Perth
PE2 9EG
Client: Strathallan School
Longitude: 3.5º West
Latitude: 56.35º North
Designed and made by Tim Chalk
Commissioned April 2014, completed October 2014
Dial Type: Free standing Vertical Dial
Materials: Cast Glass reinforced Concrete with bronze and sandblasted glass details
Dimensions: 1.2 metres diameter x 100mm deep
Detail of the completed Sundial
Location:
Rutland Square Gardens
Rutland Square
Edinburgh EH1 2AS
Client: The Rutland Square Garden Association
Longitude: 3.2º West
Latitude: 55.9º North
Designed and made by Tim Chalk
Commissioned July 2014
Completed April 2015
Dial Type: Equatorial Dial
Materials: Cast Glass reinforced Concrete with bronze and gold leaf details
Dimensions: 400mm diameter