Font Approximately 1 Metre East of North Porch of Church of St Chad is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. Font.
Font Approximately 1 Metre East of North Porch of Church of St Chad
- WRENN ID
- low-pedestal-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Font
- OS grid reference
- SJ 556 334
- Coordinates
- 52.89682, -2.6601
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The font, now disused, is located approximately 1 metre east of the north porch of the Church of St. Chad in Prees. It dates from 1762 and is made of sandstone in a Neo-Norman style. The font features a circular scalloped bowl that rests on a moulded plinth with a rectangular base. An inscription around the rim of the bowl reads "John Whitfield & Thomas Ash Wardens in 1762."
Local climate
Font Approximately 1 Metre East of North Porch of Church of St Chad receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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