Whitehurst Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1986. Pedestal tomb.
Whitehurst Memorial
- WRENN ID
- sharp-stronghold-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- Shrewsbury MP: Julia Buckley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 March 1986
- Type
- Pedestal tomb
- Address
- Whitehurst Memorial, A 488, Great Hanwood
- OS grid reference
- SJ 443 096
- Coordinates
- 52.68128, -2.82417
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Whitehurst Memorial is a pedestal tomb located approximately 1 meter east of the vestry of the Church of St Thomas in Great Hanwood. It dates from around 1800 and is made of limestone. The tomb has a square shape with a moulded plinth and a cavetto moulded capping, featuring square corner pilasters. The inscription on the east face commemorates John Whitehurst, who died in 1815, while the inscription on the south side honors his pre-deceased children.
Local climate
Whitehurst Memorial receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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