Memorial 10 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 February 2000. Monument.
Memorial 10 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- sombre-paling-cobweb
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 February 2000
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SO 475 923
- Coordinates
- 52.52694, -2.77387
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This memorial is located 10 metres south of the nave of the Church of St Andrew in Hope Bowdler. It is a double-sided headstone made of ashlar and dates from the early 18th century. The memorial features a rectangular slab set vertically with a moulded top and raised ornament on both sides. The east side displays a raised oval cartouche adorned with foliage and skulls below, commemorating Elizabeth Thomas, who died in 1727. The west side has a split inscribed panel that features a figurative female carving and draped ornamented borders, commemorating John Thomas, who died in 1776, and Edward Thomas, who died in 1786.
Local climate
Memorial 10 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Andrew receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% 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 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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