Raised Slab 7 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the South Ribble local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 February 1984. Gravestone.
Raised Slab 7 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- bitter-railing-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Ribble
- Constituency
- South Ribble MP: Mr Paul Foster (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 February 1984
- Type
- Gravestone
- OS grid reference
- SD 541 215
- Coordinates
- 53.68863, -2.696
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a gravestone of Richard Sherdley, dated 1687, located 7 metres south of the chancel of the Church of St. Andrew in Leyland. The gravestone is laid horizontally on a low stone base and features lettering in relief across 14 lines of continuous capitals. The inscription reads:
"HERE:LYETH.THE/BODY.OF.RICHARD/ SHERDLEY.OF.FAR/RINGTON.YEA=/ MAN.WHO.DE=/PARTED.THIS: =/ LIFE.JANUARY:-/THE.NINTH.IN.THE./ FORTY.SEVENTH/YEAR.OF.HIS.AGE./ AND.WAS.INTER-/RED; JANUARY.=/ THE: 12th.ANNO.=/DOMINI: 1687:"
Local climate
Raised Slab 7 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Andrew sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,220 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% 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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