Memorial to Thomas Evans 4 Metres South of South 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. Headstone.
Memorial to Thomas Evans 4 Metres South of South Porch of Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- idle-transept-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 February 2000
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SO 577 708
- Coordinates
- 52.33424, -2.62191
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a memorial to Thomas Evans, located 4 metres south of the south porch of the Church of St James. It dates from the mid-18th century and is made of ashlar stone. The headstone features a double-sided inscribed tablet. The west side has a heart-shaped raised inscribed tablet with decorative foliate borders, while the east side displays a raised tablet with inset quadrant corners and foliate enrichment above. The inscription reads: "A FAITHFUL FRIEND / A FATHER DEAR / A LOVING HUSBAND / RESTETH HERE," commemorating Thomas Evans, who died in 1742.
Local climate
Memorial to Thomas Evans 4 Metres South of South 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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