Wright Tomb 1 Metre East of South Pier of West Gate to St Lawrence's Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 December 1985. A C19 Monument.
Wright Tomb 1 Metre East of South Pier of West Gate to St Lawrence's Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- solemn-bronze-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Runcorn and Helsby MP: Sarah Pochin (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 December 1985
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SJ 520 772
- Coordinates
- 53.29042, -2.72017
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wright Tomb, located 1 metre east of the south pier of the west gate to St Lawrence's churchyard, is a Grade II monument dating from around 1806. It is made of grey stone and features a truncated obelisk set on a panelled square plinth. Each side of the obelisk has a raised oval panel. The east panel is inscribed with "Beneath are deposited the Remains of John son of John and Sarah Wright of Norley who died February 28 1810, aged 32 years." The south panel reads "BENEATH are deposited the Remains of Sarah wife of John Wright of Norley who died December 3 1806 aged 55." The west panel states "ALSO the mortal Remains of Elizabeth 2nd Wife of the said John Wright who died March 21st 1832 Aged 80 years."
Local climate
Wright Tomb 1 Metre East of South Pier of West Gate to St Lawrence's Churchyard receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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