Former Font Approximately 70 Metres East South East of Kiddington Hall is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 June 1988. Font.
Former Font Approximately 70 Metres East South East of Kiddington Hall
- WRENN ID
- gentle-solder-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 June 1988
- Type
- Font
- OS grid reference
- SP 412 228
- Coordinates
- 51.90237, -1.4019
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former font, located approximately 70 meters east-southeast of Kiddington Hall, is now a garden ornament. It likely dates from the 14th or 15th century and is made of limestone. The font has an octagonal plan, although only two sides remain as of the last survey in April 1987. It features blind traceried panels on its sides and is set on a stepped octagonal stone base. Thomas Wharton, a former rector of Kiddington, mentioned the font in his work "Specimen of a History of Oxfordshire" published in 1783, noting that it originated from the "Kings Chapell" in Islip around 1780. Currently, it is situated in Kiddington Park, which is listed in the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England's Register of Parks and Gardens at grade II.
Local climate
Former Font Approximately 70 Metres East South East of Kiddington Hall receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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