Hunt Memorial Approximately 25 Metres North West of North Aisle of Church of St Oswald is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 May 1986. Tomb.
Hunt Memorial Approximately 25 Metres North West of North Aisle of Church of St Oswald
- WRENN ID
- crooked-rafter-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 May 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SJ 288 293
- Coordinates
- 52.85735, -3.05848
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hunt Memorial is a pedestal tomb located approximately 25 meters north-west of the north aisle of the Church of St. Oswald in Oswestry. It dates from around 1831 and is made of sandstone. The tomb has a square shape with a moulded plinth and capping, featuring a chamfered top ledger and panelled corner pilasters. The inscription on the south side commemorates Thomas Hunt, who died in 1831.
Local climate
Hunt Memorial Approximately 25 Metres North West of North Aisle of Church of St Oswald receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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