Former Font Approximately 5 Metres to North of North Porch of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1986. Font.
Former Font Approximately 5 Metres to North of North Porch of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- buried-rafter-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1986
- Type
- Font
- OS grid reference
- SJ 533 019
- Coordinates
- 52.6133, -2.69037
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former font, located approximately 5 metres north of the north porch of the Church of St Mary, is a disused structure dating from the 15th or 16th century. It is made of sandstone and features an octagonal base, stem, and bowl, without any decorative enrichment. This font is believed to have originated from the old chapel at Acton Pigott, which was no longer in use by around 1730 and was largely destroyed by 1866. The font was still present at the site in 1786.
Local climate
Former Font Approximately 5 Metres to North of North Porch of Church of St Mary receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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