Teese Memorial and Railed Enclosure Approximately 14 Metres to South of Church of Saint Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1986. Memorial.
Teese Memorial and Railed Enclosure Approximately 14 Metres to South of Church of Saint Andrew
- WRENN ID
- broken-stair-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- The Wrekin MP: Mark Pritchard (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1986
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- SJ 568 237
- Coordinates
- 52.80974, -2.64212
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Teese Memorial and railed enclosure, located approximately 14 meters south of the Church of Saint Andrew, is a chest tomb and railed enclosure dated 1825. It is constructed from grey sandstone ashlar and features a sarcophagus design with globe feet, a moulded plinth, reeded corner piers, a moulded cornice, a chamfered top, and a large urn finial adorned with carved paterae and rope ornament. The sides have recessed panels with bead ornamentation, while the ends feature recessed panels with carved paterae. The inscription reads: "In Respectful Memory of/ WILLIAM TEESE late of SLEAP HALL GENT/who died August the 21st 1825 Aged 30 years." Surrounding the tomb is a wrought-iron railed enclosure with square-section spearhead railings, square-section standards, curved stanchions, and urn finials.
Local climate
Teese Memorial and Railed Enclosure Approximately 14 Metres to South of Church of Saint Andrew receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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