Embrey Memorial Approximately 7 Metres to South of Church of All Saints is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1986. Monument.
Embrey Memorial Approximately 7 Metres to South of Church of All Saints
- WRENN ID
- young-chapel-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1986
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SJ 520 234
- Coordinates
- 52.80674, -2.71272
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Embrey Memorial, located approximately 7 metres south of the Church of All Saints in Grinshill, is a chest tomb dated 1786. It is made of yellow and grey Grinshill sandstone ashlar. The tomb features recessed panels, corner piers, a moulded coved cornice, a concave top, and a large central urn with a stepped base. The urn has a fluted lower part, a rope-moulded band, and a fluted finial. It commemorates Robert Embrey, who died on 8 July 1786, along with other members of the Embrey family.
Local climate
Embrey Memorial Approximately 7 Metres to South of Church of All Saints 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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