Tomb of Thomas Botfield and Railings 35 Metres South of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 February 2000. Tomb.
Tomb of Thomas Botfield and Railings 35 Metres South of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- heavy-grate-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 February 2000
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 637 765
- Coordinates
- 52.38535, -2.53446
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tomb of Thomas Botfield and its surrounding railings are located 35 metres south of the Church of St Michael in Hopton Wafers. This mid-19th century structure is made of sandstone ashlar and brick, with iron railings. The memorial is designed in a sarcophagus style, featuring a pyramid lid topped with a ball-flower finial. The inclined sides have a simple incised border and are raised on lions' feet, which stand clear of a plain plinth. The plinth is set on an ashlar tomb with a cambered roof and corniced eaves. Each side of the tomb has three raised plain ashlar cladding panels, with two inset round pilaster shafts between the panels. An inscribed panel is located on the south side.
The iron railings have spear-head diagonally-set standards and top rails adorned with urn finials on round-section corner standards and at mid-length. These railings are set in a plain stone plinth. The tomb commemorates Thomas Botfield, who died in 1843, and his wife Lucy, who died in 1856. Thomas Botfield was part of a family of Shropshire ironmasters and was a notable local benefactor, patron, and pioneer in the application of iron, as seen in the nearby Iron House and the Church of St Michael.
Local climate
Tomb of Thomas Botfield and Railings 35 Metres South of Church of St Michael receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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