Font Half A Metre East of South Porch at Church of Holy Trinity is a Grade II listed building in the Bassetlaw local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1985. Church.
Font Half A Metre East of South Porch at Church of Holy Trinity
- WRENN ID
- carved-paling-sepia
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bassetlaw
- Constituency
- Newark MP: Robert Jenrick (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 December 1985
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Font Half A Metre East of South Porch at Church of Holy Trinity, Town Street, Cottam
- OS grid reference
- SK 818 800
- Coordinates
- 53.31125, -0.77317
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The font located half a metre east of the south porch at the Church of Holy Trinity is a 14th-century structure made of ashlar. It features an octagonal bowl supported by an octagonal stem. The base of the font is inscribed with the words 'Ancient font presented to Church by Archbishop .....', along with the date '1918' and the names of the Vicar and Churchwardens. This font is included in the listing for its group value only.
Local climate
Font Half A Metre East of South Porch at Church of Holy Trinity sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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