Former Font of 1 Metre North of Nave of St Peters Church, Half Way Between North Porch and Chancel is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 December 1985. A C17 Font.

Former Font of 1 Metre North of Nave of St Peters Church, Half Way Between North Porch and Chancel

WRENN ID
inner-step-torch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Tatton MP: Esther McVey (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 December 1985
Type
Font
OS grid reference
SJ 555 784
Coordinates
53.30132, -2.66793
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The former font, located 1 metre north of the nave of St Peter's Church, is likely from the early 17th century and made of red sandstone. It features a circular shaft on a moulded base that flares out to an octagonal head. Each side of the head is adorned with a decorative pattern of six arcs, with each intersection ending in a flat trefoil that points inward, set within a small sunken rectangular panel. The top of the font is octagonal and domed, constructed from two stones, and has a shallow octagonal basin. The font stands just over 1 metre high.

Local climate

Former Font of 1 Metre North of Nave of St Peters Church, Half Way Between North Porch and Chancel receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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