Memorial to Richard Whiteman 15 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 February 2000. Tomb.
Memorial to Richard Whiteman 15 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- frozen-flint-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 February 2000
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 525 709
- Coordinates
- 52.33499, -2.6981
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb located 15 metres south of the chancel of the Church of St Mary in Ashford Carbonell. It dates from the mid-19th century and is made of sandstone ashlar. The tomb features a plain cambered lid and has plain inscribed side panels with an incised border and inset quadrant corners. The corner sections are vertically fluted, and there is a plain plinth inset under the side panels. The memorial commemorates Richard Whiteman, Martha Whiteman, and their daughter Martha, who died in 1866, 1875, and 1836 respectively.
Local climate
Memorial to Richard Whiteman 15 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Mary receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% 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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- 1 Unidentified Monument in Churchyard About 10 Metres South of South West End of Chancel of Church of St Mary
- 2 Anonymous Chest Tomb Approximately 10 Metres South-East of Chancel of Church of St Mary
- 3 Tomb Approximately 8 Metres to South of Chancel of Church of St Mary
- 4 Glover Tomb, Approximately 8 Metres to South of Chancel of Church of St Mary
- 5 Unknown Monument in Churchyard to South East of Chancel of St Mary's Church
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