Canopied tomb of a member of the Venables Family in Churchyard of St. Mary at NGR SJ 84644 61570 is a Grade II* listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 March 1987. A Medieval Tomb.
Canopied tomb of a member of the Venables Family in Churchyard of St. Mary at NGR SJ 84644 61570
- WRENN ID
- dusk-crypt-merlin
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Congleton MP: Sarah Russell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 March 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Canopied tomb of a member of the Venables Family in Churchyard of St. Mary at NGR SJ 84644 61570, Church of St Mary, the Green, Newbold Astbury
- OS grid reference
- SJ 846 615
- Coordinates
- 53.15106, -2.23107
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The canopied tomb of a member of the Venables family is located in the churchyard of St. Mary. This graveyard tomb, originally situated within the church, dates from the late 13th century and is made of yellow sandstone ashlar. The tomb features diagonal buttresses at the corners and a moulded plinth adorned with a band of quatrefoil tracery. The top of the slab is moulded and displays two heavily worn figures, one male and one female, with their hands clasped in prayer. The canopy above has a shallow arch with a foiled outline and 17th-century crocketed pinnacles. The outer faces of the end walls are decorated with blind tracery featuring mouchettes, while the inner side above the figures' heads bears a 16th-century inscription that claims the tomb belongs to a Brereton, although it is more likely to be associated with the Venables family. The crocketed pinnacles at the top are believed to date from the 17th century.
Local climate
Canopied tomb of a member of the Venables Family in Churchyard of St. Mary at NGR SJ 84644 61570 sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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