Tomb of George and Kitty Smith on South Side of Church of Saint Aidan is a Grade II listed building in the St. Helens local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 August 1985. Tomb.
Tomb of George and Kitty Smith on South Side of Church of Saint Aidan
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- St. Helens
- Constituency
- St Helens North MP: David Baines (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 August 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Tomb of George and Kitty Smith on South Side of Church of Saint Aidan, Main Street, Billinge Chapel End
- OS grid reference
- SD 533 006
- Coordinates
- 53.5007, -2.70507
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tomb of George and Kitty Smith is located approximately 3 meters south of the fourth bay of the nave of the Church of Saint Aidan. It dates from 1720 and is made of stone, designed in the shape of a coffin with rings at both ends. The upper end of the top features a low relief curtain with a snake encircling a winged skull, along with an inscribed riband above, although the inscription is illegible. The top of the curtain has an inscription that is mostly unreadable, except for the date, which appears to have been re-cut. Below the curtain, there is another inscription that records the names of George and Kitty Smith.
Local climate
Tomb of George and Kitty Smith on South Side of Church of Saint Aidan sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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