Tombstone to A Bullfinch C10 Yards to North of Lawton Hall School is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 March 1987. Tombstone.
Tombstone to A Bullfinch C10 Yards to North of Lawton Hall School
- WRENN ID
- last-flagstone-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Congleton MP: Sarah Russell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 March 1987
- Type
- Tombstone
- OS grid reference
- SJ 823 556
- Coordinates
- 53.09792, -2.26531
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a tombstone located approximately 10 yards north of Lawton Hall School, dating from 1853. It is made of grey slate and features a rectangular shape with a moulded top edge. The inscription on the slate commemorates a bullfinch that sang "God Save the Queen" when prompted.
The text reads:
"On the Death of a Bullfinch That sang God Save the Queen when bidden to do so
Dear bullie thy voice which so often did charm Is silenced forever by Death's mighty arm God gave thee thy beauty; man gave thee thy song Such perfection combined to few Bullies belong Thy notes were so loyal, so sweet and as gay As any free bird that sang on its spray And all who ere heard thee thy loss will regret Thy ready obedience I ne'er can forget Then farewell my bird. I give thee this grave In return for the pleasure thou often me gave The sun will shine o'er thee, thou art free from the storm These flowers will be freshened by the tears of the morn
M P Lawton March 31 1853"
Local climate
Tombstone to A Bullfinch C10 Yards to North of Lawton Hall School receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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