Thornes Memorial Approximately One Metre to South of Chancel of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1986. Chest tomb.
Thornes Memorial Approximately One Metre to South of Chancel of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- standing-landing-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- Shrewsbury MP: Julia Buckley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1986
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SJ 358 144
- Coordinates
- 52.72377, -2.95097
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Thornes Memorial is a chest tomb located approximately one metre south of the chancel of the Church of St Michael. It dates from 1828 and is made of dressed yellow and grey sandstone. The tomb has a sarcophagus shape, featuring a base with a moulded plinth, a cavetto-moulded cornice, battered sides, and a chamfered top with panelled ends and antefixae. It includes recessed panels and is inscribed with the following text: "In Memory of/the Revd. WILLIAM THORNES/the much respected Vicar/of this Parish/for upwards of fifty years/he died Sept. 5th 1828/aged 77". The memorial likely also includes post-dated inscriptions for his wife Elizabeth, who died in 1796, his daughter Elizabeth, who died in 1827, and his son the Revd. John Thornes, who died in 1813, located to the north, west, and east sides respectively.
Local climate
Thornes Memorial Approximately One Metre to South of Chancel of Church of St Michael receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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