Colt Memorial Approximately 7 Metres to East of Chancel of Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1986. Memorial.
Colt Memorial Approximately 7 Metres to East of Chancel of Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- tattered-tin-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1986
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- SJ 558 049
- Coordinates
- 52.6409, -2.65412
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Colt Memorial, located approximately 7 metres to the east of the chancel of the Church of St Peter, is a chest tomb dated 1810. It is constructed from grey sandstone ashlar and features a reeded plinth. The side panels have a wide incised band, with pairs of flanking paterae and reeded pilaster strips. The end panels are raised ovals, also flanked by reeded pilaster strips, and there is a moulded cornice on the flat top. This memorial commemorates Sir John Colt Bart, who was late of Leominster and died on 24 June 1810.
Local climate
Colt Memorial Approximately 7 Metres to East of Chancel of Church of St Peter 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 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% 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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