Memorial to Richard Mason 2 Metres South of Porch 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. A C19 Monument.
Memorial to Richard Mason 2 Metres South of Porch of Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- wild-newel-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 February 2000
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SO 577 708
- Coordinates
- 52.33427, -2.62189
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb located 2 metres south of the porch of the Church of St James, dating from the early to mid-19th century. It is made of sandstone ashlar and features a saddleback lid with a moulded edge. The side panels are plain and inscribed, set within segmental-arched openings that have toothed and roll-moulded decorative carvings. The tomb has inset corner pillars topped with scroll capitals and supported by roll-moulded bases. Below, there is a plain chamfered plinth under a roll-moulded bed. The tomb commemorates Richard Mason, son of Edward and Elizabeth Mason, who died in 1822, and his wife Eleanor, who died in 1850. It is included for its group value.
Local climate
Memorial to Richard Mason 2 Metres South of Porch 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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