Memorial 8 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 February 2000. Tomb.
Memorial 8 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- plain-truss-hyssop
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 February 2000
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 521 877
- Coordinates
- 52.48518, -2.70646
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This memorial is an 8-metre south of the nave of the Church of St Michael in Munslow. It is a raised slab tomb dating from the late 18th century. The tomb is made of ashlar stone with a brick plinth. It features an inscribed slab with moulded edges, which is set on four courses of brick. The memorial commemorates Reverend W. Read, who died in 1771, and Francis William Read, who served as the Rector of Munslow from 1749 to 1761.
Local climate
Memorial 8 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Michael receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% 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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