Memorial to Edward Mason 4 Metres South of Nave of Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 February 2000. Tomb.
Memorial to Edward Mason 4 Metres South of Nave of Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- sheer-bailey-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 February 2000
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 577 708
- Coordinates
- 52.33428, -2.62184
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb dedicated to Edward Mason, located 4 metres south of the nave of the Church of St James. It dates from the early 19th century and is made of sandstone ashlar. The tomb features a flat plain lid and has an inscribed semicircular side panel adorned with radial gadrooned spandrel carving. The ends of the tomb are plain, and it has projecting vertical beaded and gadrooned corner piers. The base includes a plain chamfered plinth that is recessed below the panels. The memorial commemorates Edward Mason, who died in 1807, and his wife Mary, who died in 1809.
Local climate
Memorial to Edward Mason 4 Metres South of Nave of Church of St James receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% 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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