Rigby Memorial Approximately 7.5 Metres South of Chancel of Church of Holy Trinity is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1986. Tomb.
Rigby Memorial Approximately 7.5 Metres South of Chancel of Church of Holy Trinity
- WRENN ID
- north-pavement-brook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SJ 636 047
- Coordinates
- 52.63926, -2.53796
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rigby Memorial is a chest tomb located approximately 7.5 metres south of the chancel of the Church of Holy Trinity in Buildwas. It dates from around 1813 and is made of limestone. The tomb is rectangular in shape and features a moulded plinth and capping. It has square corner pilasters adorned with Gothic tracery and incised diamond shapes on the short sides. The inscription on the south side commemorates Thomas Rigby, who died in 1813, while the inscription on the north side was indecipherable at the time of re-survey in 1985.
Local climate
Rigby Memorial Approximately 7.5 Metres South of Chancel of Church of Holy Trinity receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% 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 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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