Group of 3 Davies Memorials and A Railed Enclosure Approximately 2 Metres to South of Nave of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1985. A C18 Memorial.
Group of 3 Davies Memorials and A Railed Enclosure Approximately 2 Metres to South of Nave of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- small-baluster-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1985
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- SO 240 763
- Coordinates
- 52.37946, -3.11768
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of three chest tombs and a railed enclosure located approximately 2 meters south of the nave of the Church of St Mary in Llanfair Waterdine. The memorials date from the late 18th century and early 19th century and are made of sandstone ashlar.
The chest tomb to the north-west features a moulded plinth, fluted corner pilasters with fillets, sunken panels, and a moulded cornice on its flat top. The chest tomb to the south-west has a moulded plinth, shaped quadrant corner balusters, raised panels, and a moulded cornice on its flat top. The chest tomb to the north-east also has a moulded plinth, fluted corner pilasters with fillets, sunken panels, and a flat top with reeded edges. Surrounding the north-east chest tomb is a cast iron railed enclosure on three sides, which includes fleur-de-lys headed railings and square-section panelled stanchions with concave caps.
Local climate
Group of 3 Davies Memorials and A Railed Enclosure Approximately 2 Metres to South of Nave of Church of St Mary receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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