Remains of Font in Churchyard, About One Metre South of Chancel, Church of St Augustine is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 1985. Church, historical artifact.
Remains of Font in Churchyard, About One Metre South of Chancel, Church of St Augustine
- WRENN ID
- scarred-tower-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 May 1985
- Type
- Church, historical artifact
- Address
- Remains of Font in Churchyard, About One Metre South of Chancel, Church of St Augustine, West Monkton
- OS grid reference
- ST 263 284
- Coordinates
- 51.05065, -3.05257
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The remains of a font or piscina are located in the churchyard, about one metre south of the chancel of the Church of St Augustine. This structure dates from the 14th to 15th century and is made of Ham stone. It stands approximately 250 millimetres high and has a diameter of 600 millimetres. The font is octagonal in shape and features quatrefoil decorated panels with rosettes, while one face is plain. The stone is significantly eroded.
Local climate
Remains of Font in Churchyard, About One Metre South of Chancel, Church of St Augustine receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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