Former Font Approximately 15 Metres to South West of Church of Saint Leonard is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1987. Monument.
Former Font Approximately 15 Metres to South West of Church of Saint Leonard
- WRENN ID
- odd-stair-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SJ 730 423
- Coordinates
- 52.9779, -2.40293
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This former font, now a monument, is located approximately 15 metres southwest of the Church of Saint Leonard. It dates from 1636 and is made of dressed grey sandstone featuring herringbone tooling. The font originally had an octagonal shape, with a tapered stem and a square base, topped by a panelled tapered bowl. It likely has an early 19th-century pyramidal stone cap with a polyhedral finial. A late 19th-century or early 20th-century square brick pedestal supports it. The bowl is inscribed with the words: "The gift of William Lawton 1636". An entry in the Mucklestone register from 1636 notes the baptism of John Lawton, the son of William Lawton and Elizabeth, stating it was the first baptism in the new font or baptistry given to the Chapel of Woore by William Lawton. The font was probably moved from the old chapel when the current building was constructed in 1830-1831.
Local climate
Former Font Approximately 15 Metres to South West of Church of Saint Leonard receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% 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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