Memorial and Railings 7 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 February 2000. Memorial.
Memorial and Railings 7 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- noble-landing-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 February 2000
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- SO 637 765
- Coordinates
- 52.38558, -2.53443
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pedestal tomb and railings located 7 metres south of the nave of the Church of St Michael in Hopton Wafers, dating from the early 19th century. The tomb is made of sandstone ashlar and features iron railings. It has a curved pyramid lid topped with a tabernacle finial and a moulded cornice. The sides of the tomb have plain raised panels and a moulded chamfered plinth. The railings consist of plain square standards with pointed heads, a plain top rail, square corner standards with urn finials, and double curved braces, all set on a plain stone plinth. The memorial commemorates Lucy Nott, who died in 1838, and Charles Cooksey, who died in 1855.
Local climate
Memorial and Railings 7 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Michael receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% 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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