Hignett Memorial Approximately 2 Metres South of Porch 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.
Hignett Memorial Approximately 2 Metres South of Porch of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- dusk-rood-kestrel
- 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
- 52.87124, -2.92076
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hignett Memorial, located approximately 2 meters south of the porch of the Church of St. Mary in Hordley, is a table tomb dating from around 1772. It is made of sandstone and has a rectangular shape. The top ledger is supported by rectangular slabs at the ends and square blocks in the center. The memorial features a long inscription that commemorates the children of Joseph and Mary Hignett, with the first child having died in 1772.
Local climate
Hignett Memorial Approximately 2 Metres South of Porch 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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