Font Approximately 15 Metres to North of St John's Church is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1989. Font.
Font Approximately 15 Metres to North of St John's Church
- WRENN ID
- over-hearth-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Whitehaven and Workington MP: Josh MacAlister (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 July 1989
- Type
- Font
- OS grid reference
- NY 018 067
- Coordinates
- 54.44646, -3.51475
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The font located approximately 15 meters north of St John's Church in Beckermet is likely of medieval origin. It is made of ashlar stone and features a plain octagonal shape on an octagonal base. The bowl is shallow and includes a drain. This font was moved to its current position in the 1930s.
Local climate
Font Approximately 15 Metres to North of St John's Church sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,570 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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