Memorial 11 Metres South East of Chancel of Church of St Lawrence is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 February 2000. Headstone.
Memorial 11 Metres South East of Chancel of Church of St Lawrence
- WRENN ID
- nether-plinth-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 February 2000
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SO 452 936
- Coordinates
- 52.53812, -2.80843
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone located 11 metres southeast of the chancel of the Church of St Lawrence in Church Stretton. It dates from the early 18th century and is made of sandstone ashlar. The headstone is a rectangular slab set vertically with a curved moulded top. Both sides are inscribed, with the older inscription on the west side enclosed within an incised border. It reads: "Here Lyeth ye Body of Margareat Morgan who dyd March 2 anno dom 1701 Aged 74." The east side commemorates David Harris, who died in 1819, and his wife Ann, who died in 1849.
Local climate
Memorial 11 Metres South East of Chancel of Church of St Lawrence 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 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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