Mounting Block at East End of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. Mounting block.

Mounting Block at East End of Church of St Michael

WRENN ID
heavy-plaster-spring
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lake District National Park
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Type
Mounting block
Address
Mounting Block at East End of Church of St Michael, Lowther, Westmorland and Furness
OS grid reference
NY 519 244
Coordinates
54.61299, -2.74582
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The mounting block at the east end of the Church of St Michael dates from the late 17th century and is made of red sandstone. It features steps on either side of a rectangular structure that leads up to a square mounting stone. This type of mounting block is unusual in Cumbrian churchyards and was likely provided for the Earls of Lonsdale.

Local climate

Mounting Block at East End of Church of St Michael sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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