Group of 3 Chest Tombs Approximately 15 Metres South South East of Chancel of Church of St Edith is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1986. Chest tombs.
Group of 3 Chest Tombs Approximately 15 Metres South South East of Chancel of Church of St Edith
- WRENN ID
- eternal-pillar-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 March 1986
- Type
- Chest tombs
- OS grid reference
- SJ 429 029
- Coordinates
- 52.62094, -2.84341
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of three chest tombs located approximately 15 meters south-south-east of the chancel of the Church of St Edith. The tombs date from 1790, 1799, and 1809. They are rectangular in shape and feature moulded plinths and capping. Each tomb has inscription panels set against a reeded background on the west face, commemorating, from south to north, Christiana Perkins (who died in 1799), William Groves (who died in 1790), and his wife, Christiana (who died in 1809).
Local climate
Group of 3 Chest Tombs Approximately 15 Metres South South East of Chancel of Church of St Edith receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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