Group of 4 Chest Tombs Approximately 6 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 November 1986. Tomb.
Group of 4 Chest Tombs Approximately 6 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- unlit-shingle-cobweb
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 November 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 261 985
- Coordinates
- 52.57943, -3.09115
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of four chest tombs located approximately 6 meters east of the chancel of the Church of St. Michael, dating from around 1820 to 1830. They are made of limestone and are rectangular in shape. Each tomb features moulded plinths and capping, with chamfered top ledgers. One of the tombs is a monument to Mary Pubbathan, who died in 1831, and it includes urn-shaped corner pilasters. The other tombs have moulded inscription panels that commemorate various members of other local families.
Local climate
Group of 4 Chest Tombs Approximately 6 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Michael receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% 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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