Font Approximately 2 Metres West of Porch of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 October 1987. Font.
Font Approximately 2 Metres West of Porch of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- white-pilaster-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 October 1987
- Type
- Font
- OS grid reference
- SJ 338 209
- Coordinates
- 52.78195, -2.98273
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The font, located approximately 2 meters west of the porch of the Church of St. Mary, is likely from the 12th century. It has a crudely carved octagonal tub shape with a hole in the basin. The base features zig-zag decoration, and the rim has a Greek palindromic inscription that is largely illegible but is known to translate to "CLEANSE YOUR SIN, NOT YOUR FACE ONLY." In the early 20th century, the font was situated in the grounds of The Nursery in West Felton but was previously located inside the Church of St. Mary.
Local climate
Font Approximately 2 Metres West of Porch of Church of St Mary receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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