Chest Tomb and Railed Enclosure Immediately to the North of the Remains of the Church of the Holy Trinity is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1987. Tomb, enclosure.
Chest Tomb and Railed Enclosure Immediately to the North of the Remains of the Church of the Holy Trinity
- WRENN ID
- wild-oriel-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- Shrewsbury MP: Julia Buckley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 November 1987
- Type
- Tomb, enclosure
- OS grid reference
- SJ 445 151
- Coordinates
- 52.73107, -2.82253
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb and railed enclosure, dating from the early 19th century, is located immediately to the north of the remains of the Church of the Holy Trinity. The tomb is constructed from grey sandstone ashlar and features flanking fluted pilaster strips, recessed round-arched side panels, raised oval end panels, and a moulded cornice leading to a low pyramidal top. The inscription on the tomb was illegible during a survey in January 1987. Surrounding the tomb is a wrought-iron railed enclosure, which includes spearhead railings and square-section standards topped with urn finials. The former Church of the Holy Trinity, now in ruins, was replaced by a new building in the village in 1887.
Local climate
Chest Tomb and Railed Enclosure Immediately to the North of the Remains of the Church of the Holy Trinity receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% 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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