Re-Erected Font in Wreay Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. Churchyard ornament.
Re-Erected Font in Wreay Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- still-rubble-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Churchyard ornament
- Address
- Re-Erected Font in Wreay Churchyard, St. Cuthbert Without
- OS grid reference
- NY 435 489
- Coordinates
- 54.83194, -2.88093
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The re-erected font in Wreay Churchyard dates from 1733, although the church guide suggests it may be from 1738. It is made of red sandstone and features a squared base and a chamfered-edged column. At the top, it has a square shallow bowl with moulded panels on each face, one of which is dated. The font was removed from the earlier church during its rebuilding in 1842 and now serves as an ornamental feature to the left of the west entrance of the churchyard.
Local climate
Re-Erected Font in Wreay Churchyard sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,160 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 55 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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