Memorial to Samuel Cheese 11 Metres South of Chancel 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 Samuel Cheese 11 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Andrew

WRENN ID
shadowed-corridor-dale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 February 2000
Type
Memorial
OS grid reference
SO 519 705
Coordinates
52.33085, -2.70652
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a headstone commemorating Samuel Cheese, who died in 1736, and his wife Anne, who died in 1739. It is located 11 metres south of the chancel of the Church of St Andrew in Ashford Bowdler. The memorial dates from the early to mid-18th century and is made of ashlar stone. It features a double inscribed panel with a carved head above an enriched face above each panel.

Local climate

Memorial to Samuel Cheese 11 Metres South of Chancel 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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