Griffith Tomb 13 Metres West of West End of South Aisle of Church of St John is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 December 1985. Tomb.
Griffith Tomb 13 Metres West of West End of South Aisle of Church of St John
- WRENN ID
- rusted-railing-spindle
- 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
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SJ 497 740
- Coordinates
- 53.26117, -2.755
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Griffith Tomb, located 13 metres west of the west end of the south aisle of the Church of St John, is a table tomb dating from around 1800 and made of sandstone. It is supported by three cross-slabs, each featuring a narrow oval panel at each end, with the outer slabs having a broad oval panel on each outer side. The tomb commemorates several individuals: Sarah, the wife of Joseph Griffith, who died in 1799 at the age of 26; Joseph, who died in 1840 at the age of 86; Ellen, Joseph's second wife, who died in 1858 at the age of 74; their daughter Ellen, who died in 1856 at the age of 48; their son William, who died in 1862 at the age of 43; and David, the son of Joseph and Sarah, who died in 1861 at the age of 70.
Local climate
Griffith Tomb 13 Metres West of West End of South Aisle of Church of St John 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 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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