Memorial 2 Metres South of Nave of Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 February 2000. Memorial.
Memorial 2 Metres South of Nave of Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- calm-keystone-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 February 2000
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- SO 577 708
- Coordinates
- 52.33429, -2.62182
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb located 2 metres south of the nave of the Church of St James, dating from the early 19th century. It is constructed of ashlar stone and features a plain shallow pyramid lid. The sides and ends have plain inscribed panels, and there are plain projecting corner pieces along with a simple plinth. The tomb commemorates Griffin, who died in 1832, Margaret Griffin, who died in 1828, and John Griffin, who died in 1877.
Local climate
Memorial 2 Metres South of Nave of Church of St James receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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