Smith Memorial and Railed Enclosure Immediately to West of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 May 1987. Memorial.
Smith Memorial and Railed Enclosure Immediately to West of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- waning-barrel-plum
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 May 1987
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Smith Memorial and Railed Enclosure Immediately to West of Church of St Mary, Hopton Castle
- OS grid reference
- SO 363 782
- Coordinates
- 52.39858, -2.93716
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Smith memorial and railed enclosure, located immediately to the west of the Church of St Mary in Hopton Castle, dates from around 1840. The memorial is made of sandstone ashlar, while the flanking walls are constructed from regularly coursed and dressed rubble. It features wrought-iron railings with urn-capped standards that rest on low walls.
The central projection of the monument includes an oval inscription panel that commemorates William Smith, who died in 1840, and his wife, Ann, who died in 1824. This panel is flanked by slender, decorated vase-shaped balusters and topped with a semi-circular pediment that has decorated ball finials on either side, although the right finial was missing at the time of the last survey in August 1986. Additional inscriptions on the sides and below honor other members of the Smith family. The railed enclosure contains six stone grave slabs, which either mark the remains of those mentioned on the monument or other members of the Smith family.
Local climate
Smith Memorial and Railed Enclosure Immediately to West of Church of St Mary 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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