Knight Memorial Approximately 10 Metres to South West of West Tower of Church of Saint Bartholomew is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1986. Memorial.
Knight Memorial Approximately 10 Metres to South West of West Tower of Church of Saint Bartholomew
- WRENN ID
- first-pillar-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1986
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- SJ 561 232
- Coordinates
- 52.8048, -2.65264
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Knight memorial is located approximately 10 metres to the south-west of the west tower of the Church of Saint Bartholomew in Moreton Corbet. This headstone, dated 1734, is made of grey sandstone and features an exuberant scrolled Baroque surround. In the centre, there is a scrolled panel that is inscribed with the following text: "Here lyeth/the Body of Ann/the wife of/Thomas Knight/who was interred/December the 20/1734/Aged 67".
Local climate
Knight Memorial Approximately 10 Metres to South West of West Tower of Church of Saint Bartholomew receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% 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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