Group of 6 Chest Tombs Approximately 15 Metres to South of Chancel of Church of St Lucia is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 February 1985. Tomb group.
Group of 6 Chest Tombs Approximately 15 Metres to South of Chancel of Church of St Lucia
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- Shrewsbury MP: Julia Buckley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 February 1985
- Type
- Tomb group
- OS grid reference
- SJ 553 124
- Coordinates
- 52.70789, -2.66232
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of six chest tombs located approximately 15 metres south of the chancel of the Church of St Lucia. They date from the late 18th century or early 19th century and are made of grey sandstone ashlar.
The tomb to the east is the Lloyd tomb, featuring raised panels, fluted corner piers, and a chamfered top with reeded edges. The Humphries tomb to the north has paired oval side panels adorned with carved rosettes, flanking panelled pilaster strips, oval end panels with carved rosettes, and a moulded cornice on its flat top. The central tomb showcases two-bay open side panels with a central reeded pier, carved end piers, recessed oval end panels with a central carved rosette, carved husks in the spandrels, and a moulded cornice on its chamfered top.
To the south is the Ellsmere tomb, which features two-bay oval side panels with carved spandrels, fluted corner piers, recessed oval end panels with carved rosettes, and a chamfered top with panelled gables. The Ellsmere tomb to the south-west has paired moulded square side panels with central and flanking fluted pilaster strips, raised oval end panels, and a moulded cornice on its chamfered top with panelled gables. Finally, the chest tomb at the far south-west includes a moulded plinth, paired raised and fielded side panels, flanking fluted pilaster strips, raised and fielded square end panels, and a moulded cornice on its flat top.
Local climate
Group of 6 Chest Tombs Approximately 15 Metres to South of Chancel of Church of St Lucia receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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