Memorial 4 Metres South of South Transept of Church of St Lawrence is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 February 2000. Memorial.

Memorial 4 Metres South of South Transept of Church of St Lawrence

WRENN ID
roaming-cellar-azure
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 February 2000
Type
Memorial
OS grid reference
SO 452 936
Coordinates
52.53807, -2.80867
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a chest tomb located 4 metres south of the south transept of the Church of St Lawrence in Church Stretton. It dates from the early 19th century and is made of sandstone ashlar. The tomb features a plain pyramid lid with plain edges and simple side and end panels. It has corner piers with incised bordered plain panels and a plain plinth inset below the side panels. The memorial commemorates John Childe, who died in 1833, and his wife Mary, who died in 1837.

Local climate

Memorial 4 Metres South of South Transept of Church of St Lawrence receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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