Group of 7 Chest Tombs Approximately 15 Metres West 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. Chest tombs.
Group of 7 Chest Tombs Approximately 15 Metres West of Church of St Oswald
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-corbel-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 May 1986
- Type
- Chest tombs
- OS grid reference
- SJ 288 293
- Coordinates
- 52.85729, -3.05833
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This group of seven chest tombs, dating from around 1748 to 1827, is located approximately 15 meters west of the Church of St. Oswald. They are made of sandstone and are rectangular in shape. Each tomb features moulded plinths and capping. The earliest tomb, which is closest to the church, has an open-sided design with turned corner balusters and an inscription for Hannah Evanes, who died in 1748. The tomb immediately to the south has square corner balusters. The remaining tombs are simpler in design, with the latest two, dated 1803 and 1827 respectively, featuring recessed semi-circular inscription panels.
Local climate
Group of 7 Chest Tombs Approximately 15 Metres West 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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