Adney Memorial Approximately 6 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1986. Tomb.
Adney Memorial Approximately 6 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- muted-pavement-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SJ 596 014
- Coordinates
- 52.60957, -2.59742
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Adney memorial, located approximately 6 meters east of the chancel of the Church of St Mary, is a chest tomb dating from around 1829. It is made of limestone and has a rectangular shape. The tomb features a moulded plinth and a chamfered top ledger, along with reeded corner pilasters. On the south side, there is a recessed semi-circular inscription panel that commemorates George Adney, who died in 1829, and his daughter Ann, who died in 1823. The north side has a similar panel in memory of his youngest daughter, Charlotte, who died in 1879. The east and west sides of the tomb have blank raised oval panels.
Local climate
Adney Memorial Approximately 6 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Mary receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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