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
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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