Grave Cover Approximately 0.5 Metres to North of Tower of Church of Saint Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1986. A Medieval Grave cover.
Grave Cover Approximately 0.5 Metres to North of Tower of Church of Saint Andrew
- WRENN ID
- woven-crypt-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- The Wrekin MP: Mark Pritchard (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1986
- Type
- Grave cover
- Period
- Medieval
- OS grid reference
- SJ 567 237
- Coordinates
- 52.80997, -2.64239
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This grave cover, located approximately 0.5 metres north of the tower of the Church of Saint Andrew, is likely from the 15th century. It is made of red sandstone and features an inscribed cross and border. As of January 1986, the cover has broken into two parts.
Local climate
Grave Cover Approximately 0.5 Metres to North of Tower of Church of Saint Andrew 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 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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