Group of 2 Slab Tombs Next to East Wall of Chancel of Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 February 2000. Tomb.
Group of 2 Slab Tombs Next to East Wall of Chancel of Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-pavement-russet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 February 2000
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Group of 2 Slab Tombs Next to East Wall of Chancel of Church of St James, Greete
- OS grid reference
- SO 577 708
- Coordinates
- 52.33434, -2.62171
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of raised slab tombs located next to the east wall of the chancel of the Church of St James, dating from the mid to late 18th century. They are made of ashlar sandstone slabs set on brick plinths. The southern tomb features a plain lid with a moulded edge and commemorates Reverend William Smith, who died in 1797. The northern tomb has a lid adorned with incised ornament at the corners and a plain edge, commemorating Elizabeth, the wife of Thomas Smith, who died in 1769, and Thomas Smith himself, who died in 1775.
Local climate
Group of 2 Slab Tombs Next to East Wall of Chancel of Church of St James receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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