Font or Pulpit Base in Churchyard, About 3 Metres North of Nave, Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 October 1987. Font or pulpit base.

Font or Pulpit Base in Churchyard, About 3 Metres North of Nave, Church of St Andrew

WRENN ID
sleeping-threshold-clover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 October 1987
Type
Font or pulpit base
OS grid reference
ST 519 153
Coordinates
50.9359, -2.68567
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The font or pulpit base, located about 3 metres north of the nave of the Church of St Andrew, is likely of medieval origin. It is made of Ham stone and features a rectangular base with an octagonal plinth that has two larger faces. The bowl is roughly hewn and follows the same plan, with an extended octagonal recess at the top. The origin of the base is unknown.

Local climate

Font or Pulpit Base in Churchyard, About 3 Metres North of Nave, Church of St Andrew receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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