Former Font 450 Metres North-East of Observatory Pond is a Grade II listed building in the Ribble Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 December 1952. Former font, garden ornament.
Former Font 450 Metres North-East of Observatory Pond
- WRENN ID
- slow-bailey-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ribble Valley
- Constituency
- Ribble Valley MP: Maya Ellis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 December 1952
- Type
- Former font, garden ornament
- OS grid reference
- SD 691 389
- Coordinates
- 53.84562, -2.46981
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former font, located 450 metres north-east of Observatory Pond, is now used as a garden ornament. Its age is uncertain. The stem is circular in shape and rests on a later square base that is carved with the instruments of the Passion. The bowl is oval in shape and features decorations that include scenes from the life of Christ.
Local climate
Former Font 450 Metres North-East of Observatory Pond sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% 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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- 2 Former Font Base Approximately 7 Metres to South East of Trevilla
- 3 Former Font Approximately 10 Metres to South of Church of All Saints
- 4 Font Bowl and Stem 2 Metres North of Church of All Saints
- 5 Bowl of Former Font, Situated in the Churchyard Immediately to the West of the Church
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