Former Font in St Bartholomew's Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1984. Font.
Former Font in St Bartholomew's Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- rooted-plinth-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Tatton MP: Esther McVey (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 July 1984
- Type
- Font
- Address
- Former Font in St Bartholomew's Churchyard, Church Street, Wilmslow
- OS grid reference
- SJ 847 814
- Coordinates
- 53.33005, -2.2298
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former font in St. Bartholomew's Churchyard is a late Medieval structure that has been restored and relocated to its current position in the 19th century. It is made of buff sandstone and features an octagonal chamfered base that supports a squat plain column. The column has an octagonal head with a hollowed band around its base. At the top, there is a truncated concave bowl cut into the stone. This font is listed for its group value only.
Local climate
Former Font in St Bartholomew's Churchyard sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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