Loveit Memorial Approximately 2 Metres to South of Church of Saint Alkmund is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 March 1988. A Regency Memorial.
Loveit Memorial Approximately 2 Metres to South of Church of Saint Alkmund
- WRENN ID
- turning-bastion-spindle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 March 1988
- Type
- Memorial
- Period
- Regency
- OS grid reference
- SJ 541 417
- Coordinates
- 52.97071, -2.68481
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Loveit memorial, located approximately 2 metres to the south of the Church of Saint Alkmund in Whitchurch, is a chest tomb dated 1815. It is made of grey sandstone ashlar and features a moulded plinth, fluted corner piers, and a moulded cornice on its flat top. The memorial has oval side panels adorned with fluted radial spandrels, as well as raised fluted oval end panels. The south side bears an inscription in memory of Ann Loveit, who died on 21st January 1815. The inscription on the north panel was illegible at the time of the survey in November 1986.
Local climate
Loveit Memorial Approximately 2 Metres to South of Church of Saint Alkmund 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 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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