Former Font Immediately South East of Church is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 November 1982. A Medieval Font.
Former Font Immediately South East of Church
- WRENN ID
- unlit-passage-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 November 1982
- Type
- Font
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Former Font Immediately South East of Church, St Stephen's Road, Saltash
- OS grid reference
- SX 416 583
- Coordinates
- 50.4034, -4.22912
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former font, located immediately south-east of the church, is probably from the late medieval period. It features an octagonal stone bowl that is plain in design. Currently, it is used as a flower bed.
Local climate
Former Font Immediately South East of Church sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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- Churchtown Farm Cottage
- Hobbs Cross
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