Hunt Memorial Approximately 15 Metres to North of Church of Saint Oswald is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1987. Tomb.
Hunt Memorial Approximately 15 Metres to North of Church of Saint Oswald
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- The Wrekin MP: Mark Pritchard (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SJ 694 263
- Coordinates
- 52.83395, -2.4551
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hunt Memorial is a pedestal tomb located approximately 15 metres north of the Church of Saint Oswald, dated 1826. It is constructed from red sandstone ashlar and is designed in a Neo-classical style. The tomb features a chamfered plinth and corner piers adorned with carved reeded ornament and flaming torches. At the top, there is a triangular pediment with antefixae and a festooned blank medallion in the tympanum on the south side. The inscription reads: "SACRED/TO THE MEMORY OF/ELIZABETH/the Wife of/JEREMIAH HUNT/ OF APLEY-LODGE/near Wellington:/Who died September/13th 1826:/AGED 60 YEARS."
Local climate
Hunt Memorial Approximately 15 Metres to North of Church of Saint Oswald receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% 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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