Snanton Memorial Approximately 2 Metres to South of Nave of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1986. A Victorian Memorial.
Snanton Memorial Approximately 2 Metres to South of Nave of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- winding-ashlar-ivory
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1986
- Type
- Memorial
- Period
- Victorian
- OS grid reference
- SJ 527 042
- Coordinates
- 52.63423, -2.69959
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Snanton memorial, located approximately 2 metres to the south of the nave of the Church of St. Michael, is an early 19th-century chest tomb made of grey sandstone ashlar. It features a moulded plinth, raised and fielded side panels with flanking reeded pilaster strips, raised and fielded end panels, and a moulded cornice on the chamfered top. The tomb commemorates John Snanton, who died on 23rd March 1810 at the age of 32. There may be an earlier inscription that was illegible at the time of the survey in April 1985.
Local climate
Snanton Memorial Approximately 2 Metres to South of Nave of Church of St Michael receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% 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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