Bird Bath Circa 15 Yards South of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. A Victorian Bird bath.

Bird Bath Circa 15 Yards South of Church of St Mary

WRENN ID
open-obsidian-rowan
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Bird bath
Period
Victorian
OS grid reference
NU 069 133
Coordinates
55.41394, -1.89152
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The bird bath, located approximately 15 yards south of the Church of St. Mary, is a Grade II listed structure. It was likely created in 1881 by the firm Dunn and Hanson and is made of sandstone. The design features a plain square bowl supported by four freestanding columns, each topped with well-carved capitals depicting naturalistic foliage.

Local climate

Bird Bath Circa 15 Yards South of Church of St Mary receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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