Chest Tomb to Joseph Nock About 6 Metres South of the Church of St Chad is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. Monument.
Chest Tomb to Joseph Nock About 6 Metres South of the Church of St Chad
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- The Wrekin MP: Mark Pritchard (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SJ 811 025
- Coordinates
- 52.62068, -2.27972
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb is dedicated to Joseph Nock, who died in 1791, and is located about 6 meters south of the Church of St. Chad. It is made of sandstone and features a large structure set on a moulded plinth. Each of the long sides has two slightly recessed oval panels, with one panel displaying the inscription. The tomb is adorned with six turned baluster shafts that have fluted capitals, and it is topped with a plain corniced lid.
Local climate
Chest Tomb to Joseph Nock About 6 Metres South of the Church of St Chad receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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