Wolfe/Jennings Memorial Approximately 8 Metres North of North Chancel Chapel 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. A C19 Memorial.
Wolfe/Jennings Memorial Approximately 8 Metres North of North Chancel Chapel of Church of St Oswald
- WRENN ID
- ghost-footing-reed
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 May 1986
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- SJ 288 293
- Coordinates
- 52.8573, -3.05757
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wolfe/Jennings memorial is a chest tomb located approximately 8 meters north of the north chancel chapel of the Church of St. Oswald in Oswestry. It dates from around 1805 and is made of painted sandstone. The tomb is rectangular with sides that taper outward. It features a moulded plinth and capping. On the north side, there is a moulded inscription panel that commemorates Thomas Jennings of Penyl(l)an, who died in 1805. The other three sides have retrospective inscriptions dedicated to members of the Wolfe family, also from Penyllan, while the top ledger includes inscriptions for members of the Jennings family.
Local climate
Wolfe/Jennings Memorial Approximately 8 Metres North of North Chancel Chapel 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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