Bright Memorial Approximately 9 Metres to West of North Porch of Church of St George is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1985. Tomb.
Bright Memorial Approximately 9 Metres to West of North Porch of Church of St George
- WRENN ID
- solitary-clay-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 300 805
- Coordinates
- 52.41863, -3.03065
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bright Memorial is a chest tomb located approximately 9 metres to the west of the north porch of the Church of St George. It dates from around 1848 and is made of sandstone ashlar. The tomb features a cavetto-moulded plinth, sunken panels, and corner piers adorned with shallow Gothic panels and carved foliage decoration. The top of the tomb is finished with cavetto moulding. It commemorates Charles Bright, who died in 1848.
Local climate
Bright Memorial Approximately 9 Metres to West of North Porch of Church of St George receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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