Dodd Memorial Approximately 5 Metres North of Vestry of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 April 1988. Tomb.
Dodd Memorial Approximately 5 Metres North of Vestry of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- keen-sandstone-winter
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 April 1988
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SJ 381 308
- Coordinates
- 52.87139, -2.92077
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Dodd Memorial, located approximately 5 meters north of the vestry of the Church of St Mary in Hordley, is a chest tomb dating from around 1821. It is made of sandstone and has a rectangular shape that slightly tapers at the ends. The tomb features a moulded capping and plinth supported by carved feet. The top ledger is slightly chamfered and is topped with a scalloped urn finial that has stylised overlapping leaf decoration around the rim.
The memorial includes inscription panels adorned with fluted fans in the spandrels. The south side commemorates John Dodd of Bagley, who died in 1821, while other inscriptions honor various members of the Dodd family on the remaining sides, including the top ledger. The west end of the tomb has a circular recess with fluted fans at the corners and carvings of two hands pointing upwards towards an hour-glass. The memorial was formerly situated within a railed enclosure, of which the stone base still survives.
Local climate
Dodd Memorial Approximately 5 Metres North of Vestry of Church of St Mary 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 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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