Spearman Memorial and Railed Enclosure Approximately 6 Metres to North West of the Remains of the Church of the Holy Trinity is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1987. Tomb.
Spearman Memorial and Railed Enclosure Approximately 6 Metres to North West of the Remains of the Church of the Holy Trinity
- WRENN ID
- long-ledge-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- Shrewsbury MP: Julia Buckley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 November 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SJ 445 151
- Coordinates
- 52.73106, -2.82269
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Spearman Memorial is a chest tomb with a railed enclosure, located approximately 6 metres to the north-west of the remains of the Church of the Holy Trinity. It dates from 1824 and is constructed from grey sandstone ashlar. The tomb is designed in a sarcophagus style, featuring a moulded plinth, fluted corner piers, a moulded cornice, and a concave top leading to a gadrooned and fluted pyramidal cap with a small globe finial. The tomb is inscribed with the words: "IN MEMORY OF JOHN SPEARMAN. Esqr. / late of OXON in this County, who died / Decr 27th, 1824, aged 60 years," and also includes a further inscription in memory of Richard Spearman. Surrounding the tomb is a wrought-iron railed enclosure, which has spearhead railings and square-section standards topped with urn finials. The former Church of the Holy Trinity, which is now in ruins, was replaced by a new building in the village in 1887.
Local climate
Spearman Memorial and Railed Enclosure Approximately 6 Metres to North West of the Remains of the Church of the Holy Trinity receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% 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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