Memorial to William Wordsworth One Metre South of Nave of Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 February 2000. Memorial.
Memorial to William Wordsworth One Metre South of Nave of Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- deep-courtyard-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 February 2000
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Memorial to William Wordsworth One Metre South of Nave of Church of St Andrew, Ashford Bowdler
- OS grid reference
- SO 519 705
- Coordinates
- 52.33091, -2.70674
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb dedicated to William Wordsworth, located one metre south of the nave of the Church of St Andrew in Ashford Bowdler. It dates from the late 18th century and features a plain rectangular lid made of ashlar, which has a bead and scotia edge moulding. The tomb is set on a four-course high plinth made of red brick. It commemorates the poet William Wordsworth, who died in 1787.
Local climate
Memorial to William Wordsworth One Metre South of Nave of Church of St Andrew 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 62% 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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