Tombstone circa 1 yard to north of the Venables tomb in Churchyard of St. Mary at NGR 8463 6158 is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 March 1987. Tomb.
Tombstone circa 1 yard to north of the Venables tomb in Churchyard of St. Mary at NGR 8463 6158
- WRENN ID
- gilded-span-dew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Congleton MP: Sarah Russell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 March 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SJ 846 615
- Coordinates
- 53.1511, -2.23106
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This medieval tombstone is located approximately one yard north of the Venables tomb in the Churchyard of St. Mary. It is made of yellow sandstone and features a recumbent figure lying on a slab. The figure is heavily worn but seems to represent a male, possibly a cleric, dressed in a cassock with a cowled collar. The hands of the figure are positioned together in prayer above the chest.
Local climate
Tombstone circa 1 yard to north of the Venables tomb in Churchyard of St. Mary at NGR 8463 6158 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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