Alms Table West of Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1986. Alms table.
Alms Table West of Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- old-foundation-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1986
- Type
- Alms table
- Address
- Alms Table West of Church of St Andrew, Dacre, Westmorland and Furness
- OS grid reference
- NY 459 266
- Coordinates
- 54.63192, -2.83842
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The alms table located west of the Church of St Andrew is from the 17th or 18th century and is made of red sandstone. It features a large flat slab that resembles a table tomb, supported by six shaped pillars. Unlike a traditional tomb, it does not have an inscription; instead, it has a central brass sundial, which is missing its gnomon, and is inscribed with the name WILLIAM PORTHOUSE, PENRITH, 1732-3. A similar alms table can be found at Greystoke.
Local climate
Alms Table West of Church of St Andrew sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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