Memorial in Churchyard of Church of St Edmund, 2 Metres South of the Organ Chamber is a Grade II listed building in the Rushcliffe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 November 1986. Memorial.
Memorial in Churchyard of Church of St Edmund, 2 Metres South of the Organ Chamber
- WRENN ID
- veiled-jamb-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rushcliffe
- Constituency
- Rushcliffe MP: James Naish (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 November 1986
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- SK 626 392
- Coordinates
- 52.9468, -1.0694
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This memorial, located in the churchyard of the Church of St. Edmund, was erected in 1802 in memory of Francis Dort de le Borde of Mereville and Clessy. It is made of ashlar and slate. The memorial features an ashlar plinth that supports a large rectangular ashlar chest. The front and rear of the chest are adorned with scroll decorations along the top, while the sides are decorated with turned balustrade type moulding. On the south side, there is a slate tablet. The top of the chest is crowned with a single large decorative ashlar urn. Francis Dort de le Borde was a French refugee.
Local climate
Memorial in Churchyard of Church of St Edmund, 2 Metres South of the Organ Chamber sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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