Group of 3 Pedestal Tombs to Hughes and Home Families Approximately 35 Metres to North-West of Tower 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. Tomb.
Group of 3 Pedestal Tombs to Hughes and Home Families Approximately 35 Metres to North-West of Tower of Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- late-landing-claret
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 January 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 322 884
- Coordinates
- 52.4899, -2.99879
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of three pedestal tombs dedicated to the Hughes and Home families, located approximately 35 metres to the north-west of the tower of the Church of St. John the Baptist. The tombs date from the late 18th century and early 19th century and are made of sandstone ashlar. They feature moulded capping and large wreathed urn finials. The southern tomb is inscribed with "Ann Hughes died 1833," the central tomb reads "William Hughes [former husband] 1804," and the northern tomb states "John Home died 1797."
Local climate
Group of 3 Pedestal Tombs to Hughes and Home Families Approximately 35 Metres to North-West of Tower 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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