Former Pier Capital or Font at Churchyard of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Rutland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 1984. A C12/C13 Historical artifact.
Former Pier Capital or Font at Churchyard of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- fossil-glass-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rutland
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 February 1984
- Type
- Historical artifact
- Address
- Former Pier Capital or Font at Churchyard of St Andrew, Main Street, Whissendine
- OS grid reference
- SK 832 142
- Coordinates
- 52.71988, -0.76818
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former pier capital or font at the churchyard of St. Andrew dates from the 12th or 13th century and is made of stone. It has a weathered square shape resembling a capital, with leaves carved at the corners and a basin in the center that is filled with soil. This structure stands on the grass to the southwest of the south aisle of the church. It was brought from Grange Farm in Whissendine around 1940 and is believed to have been used as the church font before the current font from the Perpendicular period was installed.
Local climate
Former Pier Capital or Font at Churchyard of St Andrew receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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