Font in Yard of Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 August 1983. Font.
Font in Yard of Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- half-screen-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Colne Valley MP: Paul Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 August 1983
- Type
- Font
- Address
- Font in Yard of Church of St Mary the Virgin, Church Street, Holme Valley
- OS grid reference
- SE 137 120
- Coordinates
- 53.60479, -1.79292
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The font located in the yard of the Church of St Mary the Virgin is a stone structure that originates from an earlier chapel on the site, likely dating to the early 18th century. It features an octagonal bowl, pedestal, and base. The bowl is inscribed with the initials Mr I.H. 1714 I.B., R.B., I.M., which represent the Incumbent and three Constables or Churchwardens. This information is referenced in "The History of Honley" by M A Jagger, published in 1914.
Local climate
Font in Yard of Church of St Mary the Virgin sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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