Bowl of Former Font, Situated in the Churchyard Immediately to the West of the Church is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 April 1984. Font.
Bowl of Former Font, Situated in the Churchyard Immediately to the West of the Church
- WRENN ID
- fading-hinge-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket MP: Dr Peter Prinsley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 April 1984
- Type
- Font
- OS grid reference
- TL 900 784
- Coordinates
- 52.37142, 0.79009
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The bowl of a former font, dating from the late 17th century, is located in the churchyard immediately to the west of the church. It was removed from the church during alterations in the late 19th century. The font bowl is made of marble, small and square in shape, featuring a hollowed-out bowl. It has water-leaf decoration below and retains the remains of ornate console brackets.
Local climate
Bowl of Former Font, Situated in the Churchyard Immediately to the West of the Church sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% 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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