Group of Font and Two Cross Bases with Shafts Approximately 5 Metres to South West of Porch of Church of St Wilfrid is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 February 1990. Font and cross bases.
Group of Font and Two Cross Bases with Shafts Approximately 5 Metres to South West of Porch of Church of St Wilfrid
- WRENN ID
- sheer-tallow-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 February 1990
- Type
- Font and cross bases
- OS grid reference
- SE 468 872
- Coordinates
- 54.27893, -1.28227
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A group of a font and two cross bases with shafts is located approximately 5 metres to the south-west of the porch of the Church of St. Wilfrid. The font dates from the 17th century, while the crosses are probably late medieval. The font is made of stone and features ashlar construction. It has a circular two-piece column that supports a bowl with a moulded base and a flat, projecting rim. Each cross has a square-section chamfered base. The southern cross has a truncated rectangular-section shaft with grooves created from implement-sharpening, while the northern cross has a similar shaft topped with a circular cross-head.
Local climate
Group of Font and Two Cross Bases with Shafts Approximately 5 Metres to South West of Porch of Church of St Wilfrid receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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