Harrison Memorial Approximately 15 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St George is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1986. Tomb.
Harrison Memorial Approximately 15 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St George
- WRENN ID
- spare-rotunda-lichen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- Shrewsbury MP: Julia Buckley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 March 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SJ 400 060
- Coordinates
- 52.6491, -2.88802
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Harrison Memorial is a pedestal tomb located approximately 15 meters east of the chancel of the Church of St George in Pontesbury. It dates from the mid-19th century and is made of cast iron. The tomb has a square shape with moulded and chamfered capping on a stepped plinth. At the top, there is a flaming torch finial, and fluted columns are set in recesses at the corners. The inscription panel on the south side, which had fallen into the tomb during a re-survey in 1984, commemorates Reverend Hamlet Harrison, who died in 1843 and served as the rector of Pontesbury parish and Strafford-le-Bow in Middlesex. Additional inscriptions on the north and west sides honor various other family members.
Local climate
Harrison Memorial Approximately 15 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St George receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% 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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