Corbet Memorial Approximately 15 Metres to South West of Church of Saint Bartholomew is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1986. Memorial.
Corbet Memorial Approximately 15 Metres to South West of Church of Saint Bartholomew
- WRENN ID
- winter-steel-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1986
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- SJ 560 232
- Coordinates
- 52.80492, -2.65279
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Corbet memorial is located approximately 15 metres to the south-west of the Church of Saint Bartholomew in Moreton Corbet. This churchyard memorial features a sculpture dated 1904 and is signed by John H. M. Furse, who was born in 1860. The memorial consists of a marble pedestal with a bronze sculpture on top. The pedestal has a moulded plinth, a moulded cornice, and a cap adorned with acanthus leaves at the corners. The figure of Mercury is inscribed with "I.H.M. FURSE 1904."
On the front of the pedestal, there is a carved oak festoon along with an elephant and castle and a squirrel, with the inscription "VIRTUTIS LAUS AG/TIO/DUM/SPIRO/SPERO." The rear features a carved swag and a raven, inscribed with "DEUS PASCIT CORVOS." The sides of the pedestal are decorated with carved wreaths. The left-hand side bears the inscription "To the/dear memory of/Vincent Stewart/Corbet/B. January 27 1890/D. At Eton College/October 17 1903," and it also commemorates Walter Orlando Corbet, who died in 1910, and Roland James Corbet, who died in 1915. Vincent Corbet passed away from appendicitis. This memorial is a rare example of a sculpture in the metropolitan Post-Gilbert style found in a country churchyard.
Local climate
Corbet Memorial Approximately 15 Metres to South West of Church of Saint Bartholomew receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% 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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