Chest Tomb of Richard Dawes 8 Metres South of Church in St Michael's Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 June 1996. Tomb.
Chest Tomb of Richard Dawes 8 Metres South of Church in St Michael's Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- keen-casement-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 June 1996
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 412 831
- Coordinates
- 52.44306, -2.86512
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The chest tomb of Richard Dawes is located 8 meters south of the church in St Michael's Churchyard in Sibdon Carwood. This Grade II listed tomb is made of sandstone and commemorates Richard Dawes, who died in 1857. It features a pyramidal moulded slab supported by fluted pilasters and a chamfered plinth, along with moulded cartouches. The inscription includes a note stating that he was "late of New House in this parish where he succeeded his father the late Wm. Dawes." This tomb is identical to the adjacent tomb.
Local climate
Chest Tomb of Richard Dawes 8 Metres South of Church in St Michael's Churchyard receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% 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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