Grave Cover Immediately to South of Tower of Church of Saint Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1986. Grave cover.
Grave Cover Immediately to South of Tower of Church of Saint Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-tracery-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1986
- Type
- Grave cover
- Address
- Grave Cover Immediately to South of Tower of Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Church Street, Shawbury
- OS grid reference
- SJ 559 211
- Coordinates
- 52.7863, -2.65521
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This grave cover, located immediately to the south of the tower of the Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, is likely from the 14th century. It is made of red sandstone and has a tapered shape. The cover features a carved Greek cross set within a quatrefoil, with a stem running along the length of the cover.
Local climate
Grave Cover Immediately to South of Tower of Church of Saint Mary the Virgin receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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