Alms Table Beside Countess's Pillar is a Grade II* listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. Alms table.
Alms Table Beside Countess's Pillar
- WRENN ID
- eternal-rotunda-dawn
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Alms table
- Address
- Alms Table Beside Countess's Pillar, Brougham
- OS grid reference
- NY 546 289
- Coordinates
- 54.65367, -2.70488
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The alms table beside Countess's Pillar dates from 1656, the same year as the pillar itself. It consists of two square flat slabs stacked on top of each other, with the upper slab featuring a chamfered underside. Lead-filled holes indicate that something was placed on top of the table. This table has been used for the distribution of alms every year on 2nd April since its construction. It is graded for its group value with Countess's Pillar.
Local climate
Alms Table Beside Countess's Pillar sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,180 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 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 35 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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