Group of 5 Coffin Slabs Approximately One Metre to South of Nave of Church of St Eata is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 February 1985. Coffin slabs.
Group of 5 Coffin Slabs Approximately One Metre to South of Nave of Church of St Eata
- WRENN ID
- fallow-footing-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 February 1985
- Type
- Coffin slabs
- OS grid reference
- SJ 540 091
- Coordinates
- 52.67851, -2.68056
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of five coffin slabs located approximately one metre south of the nave of the Church of St Eata. They likely date from the 14th century and are made of grey sandstone. The second slab from the north features an incised Celtic cross and a reeded edge, while the fourth slab has a raised cross and a rebated edge. The southernmost slab also has a raised cross but with rounded corners.
Local climate
Group of 5 Coffin Slabs Approximately One Metre to South of Nave of Church of St Eata receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% 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 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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