Walford Memorial Approximately 18 Metres to South of South Porch of Church of St Eata is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 February 1985. Memorial.
Walford Memorial Approximately 18 Metres to South of South Porch of Church of St Eata
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 February 1985
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- SJ 541 091
- Coordinates
- 52.67837, -2.68033
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Walford memorial, located approximately 18 metres south of the south porch of the Church of St Eata, is a pedestal tomb dated 1814. It is made of sandstone ashlar and is designed in a Neo-Classical style, featuring a circular plan on a stepped square base. The drum of the tomb includes a plinth, an anthemion frieze, and an outwardly-stepped cap. The inscription reads: "sacred to the Memory/ of MARY MARIA the Wife/of FRANCIS WALFORD Esq/who died March 4th 1814 aged 28 years/ Also in the memory of/FRANCIS WALFORD Esq/Many years resident at Cronkhill in this Parish/who died at Shelton/on the 27 day of August 1856 aged 77/ His end was peace." Francis Walford served as the agent for the second Lord Berwick at Attingham and was the first tenant of Cronkhill starting in 1806.
Local climate
Walford Memorial Approximately 18 Metres to South of South Porch of Church of St Eata receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% 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 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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