Drew Memorial and Railed Enclosure Approximately 12 Metres to South of Chancel of Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 January 1985. Memorial.
Drew Memorial and Railed Enclosure Approximately 12 Metres to South of Chancel of Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- endless-vault-plum
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 January 1985
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- SO 323 883
- Coordinates
- 52.48924, -2.99795
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Drew Memorial and its railed enclosure, located approximately 12 metres south of the chancel of the Church of St. John the Baptist, is a chest tomb dated 1824. It is constructed from sandstone ashlar and designed in the Greek Revival style. The tomb features horizontal fluting on its rounded corners and centre, along with a low hipped capping adorned with corner acroteria. The enclosure is made of cast iron and surrounds three sides of the tomb, topped with spearhead finials. This memorial is dedicated to Samuel Drew.
Local climate
Drew Memorial and Railed Enclosure Approximately 12 Metres to South of Chancel of Church of St John the Baptist receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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