Pedestal Tomb Approximately 20 Metres South of Domestic Chapel at Aston Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 May 1986. Tomb.
Pedestal Tomb Approximately 20 Metres South of Domestic Chapel at Aston Hall
- WRENN ID
- strange-rood-cedar
- 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 325 271
- Coordinates
- 52.83768, -3.00348
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pedestal tomb located approximately 20 meters south of the domestic chapel at Aston Hall, dating from 1785. It is made of sandstone ashlar and features a square section with a moulded plinth and capping, as well as a cavetto-moulded finial. The inscription on the north side commemorates the erection of the monument in 1785 for the sisters Elizabeth Lloyd, who died in 1775, and Ann Sneyd, who died in 1784. There are additional later inscriptions honoring members of the Lloyd family on the other three sides.
Local climate
Pedestal Tomb Approximately 20 Metres South of Domestic Chapel at Aston Hall receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% 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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