Font, Adjacent to South Porch of Church of St. Mary is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. A Medieval Font.
Font, Adjacent to South Porch of Church of St. Mary
- WRENN ID
- over-newel-autumn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1985
- Type
- Font
- Period
- Medieval
- OS grid reference
- NZ 106 147
- Coordinates
- 54.52772, -1.83655
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The font, located adjacent to the south porch of the Church of St. Mary, is likely from the late 15th century. It is made from a single block of sandstone and features an octagonal bowl and stem. The base is also octagonal but has alternating long and shorter sides. This font originated from the medieval church in Whorlton, which was demolished around 1848.
Local climate
Font, Adjacent to South Porch of Church of St. Mary receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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