Shore Family Chest Tomb in Graveyard of St James Church is a Grade II listed building in the Rochdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 April 1986. Chest tomb.
Shore Family Chest Tomb in Graveyard of St James Church
- WRENN ID
- hidden-rood-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rochdale
- Constituency
- Rochdale MP: Paul Waugh (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 April 1986
- Type
- Chest tomb
- Address
- Shore Family Chest Tomb in Graveyard of St James Church, Saint James Street
- OS grid reference
- SD 928 128
- Coordinates
- 53.61172, -2.10927
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Shore family chest tomb, located in the graveyard of St. James Church, dates from around 1811. It is constructed of ashlar and features a plinth with a nosing. The chest has rounded ends, recessed panels, and rustications, and is flanked by turned corner balusters that support a slab. The slab has reeded edges with acanthus leaf corners and is inscribed in memory of Betty, the wife of James Shore, along with their daughter Anne, and his second and third wives, Alice and Rachel, respectively, as well as James Shore himself.
Local climate
Shore Family Chest Tomb in Graveyard of St James Church sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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