Oakley Memorial Approximately 7.5m South-East of Chancel of Church St Mary and St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1986. Memorial.
Oakley Memorial Approximately 7.5m South-East of Chancel of Church St Mary and St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- third-string-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 March 1986
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- SJ 494 057
- Coordinates
- 52.64728, -2.74819
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Oakley memorial is a chest tomb located approximately 7.5 meters southeast of the chancel of the Church of St Mary and St Andrew, dating from around 1837. It is made of sandstone and features a rectangular shape with steeply inward sloping east and west sides. The tomb has a moulded plinth and capping, along with a steep chamfered top ledger and grooved corner pilasters. On the south side, there is a moulded inscription panel commemorating Elizabeth Oakley, who died in 1837, and on the north side, another panel commemorates her brother, Timothy, who died in 1848.
Local climate
Oakley Memorial Approximately 7.5m South-East of Chancel of Church St Mary and St Andrew receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% 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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- 1 Monument to Jane and William Oakley Circa 3 Metres South West of Porch and in the Churchyard of the Church of St Andrew
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- 3 Unidentified Chest Tomb Approximately 3 Metres North East of Chancel of Church of St Mary and St Andrew
- 4 Owens Memorial Approximately 26 Metres to North of North Porch of Church of St George
- 5 Harrison Memorial, in the Churchyard About 44 Metres South East of Chancel of Church of St Mary the Virgin
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