Sankey Memorial approximately 15 metres to east of chancel of Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1985. Tomb.
Sankey Memorial approximately 15 metres to east of chancel of Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- gentle-loft-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 264 873
- Coordinates
- 52.47907, -3.08382
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Sankey Memorial, located approximately 15 metres to the east of the chancel of the Church of St John the Baptist, is a chest tomb dating from around 1835. It is constructed from sandstone ashlar and features a chamfered plinth. The tomb has free-standing corner balusters that are flanked by quadrant corners, with recessed panels that have shallow incised borders. The top of the tomb is adorned with a cyma-recta moulded cornice. It commemorates Richard Sankey, who died on April 12, 1835, and Ann Sankey, who died on November 26, 1865.
Local climate
Sankey Memorial approximately 15 metres to east of chancel of Church of St John the Baptist receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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