Pedestal Tomb of Sarah Mellor and Others is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1983. Tomb.
Pedestal Tomb of Sarah Mellor and Others
- WRENN ID
- bitter-ashlar-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Macclesfield MP: Tim Roca (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1983
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Pedestal Tomb of Sarah Mellor and Others, Rainow
- OS grid reference
- SJ 946 763
- Coordinates
- 53.28408, -2.08205
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The pedestal tomb of Sarah Mellor and others, dated 1841, is located in Rainow. It features a square sandstone block set on a moulded plinth, with inscribed recessed moulded panels. The tomb has a projecting weathered capstone topped by a plain obelisk. It is the central one of three pedestal tombs and is prominently situated in the garden.
Local climate
Pedestal Tomb of Sarah Mellor and Others sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% 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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