Group of 3 Chest Tombs 2 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 February 2000. Tomb.
Group of 3 Chest Tombs 2 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- guardian-clay-spring
- 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 553 732
- Coordinates
- 52.35579, -2.65642
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of three chest tombs located 2 metres east of the chancel of the Church of St Mary, dating from the early 19th century. They are made of ashlar stone.
The northern tomb features a plain lid with plain ends and raised inscribed side panels, along with gadrooned filleted corner sections. The plinth is buried and it commemorates Eleanor, the wife of Edmund Davis, who died in 1816, and Eleanor Palmer, who died in 1840.
The central tomb also has a plain lid, with raised plain sides and ends, and vertically bead moulded corners. Its plinth is buried and it commemorates John, the son of John and Elizabeth Small, who died in 1825.
The southern tomb has a plain lid, raised plain sides and ends, and vertically bead moulded corners, with a buried plinth. It commemorates John Smith, who died in 1831.
Local climate
Group of 3 Chest Tombs 2 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Mary receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 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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