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The sundial overlooking the kitchen garden at Barnes Hall, off Elliott Lane, Chapeltown. The sundial was probably the work of Samuel Walker, who was engaged by Sir William Horton and bore the inscription 'DISCE DIES NUMERARARE TUOS.' 1738. Restored 1

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The sundial overlooking the kitchen garden at Barnes Hall, off Elliott Lane, Chapeltown. The sundial was probably the work of Samuel Walker, who was engaged by Sir William Horton and bore the inscription 'DISCE DIES NUMERARARE TUOS.' 1738. Restored 1
Sheffield_Chapeltown
24/05/1957
1940-1959
C H Lea

The family of Scott and Watts lived at Barnes Hall in the early 1500's, and it was inherited by a descendant, Henrietta Horton (1790-1827), who sold it to William Smith of Cowley Manor in 1823. He married Miss Parkin of Mortomlry Hall, and rebuilt it in 1824.

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