Charnel House Approximately 30 Metres to North-West of Church of Saint Mary Magdalen is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1986. Charnel house.
Charnel House Approximately 30 Metres to North-West of Church of Saint Mary Magdalen
- WRENN ID
- grim-bailey-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1986
- Type
- Charnel house
- OS grid reference
- SJ 521 200
- Coordinates
- 52.77618, -2.71029
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The charnel house, located approximately 30 metres to the north-west of the Church of Saint Mary Magdalene, was built around 1903-1904. It features a ground floor made of roughly dressed grey sandstone with ashlar dressings, and a first floor that is timber framed and weatherboarded. The roof is hipped and covered with plain tiles.
The building stands two storeys tall, with the ground floor showcasing chamfered coping, a chamfered square window to the north, and a doorway to the west. There are also narrow openings in the coping on the east and west sides. The first floor has a roof that extends to form a canopy on the west side, with joists that have shaped ends resting on a stone substructure. There are a pair of low boarded doors to the east, which are fitted with strap hinges.
Inside, the structure contains two king post trusses. The charnel house is integrated into the churchyard wall to the north of the church, which is not included in this listing. This building is a well-designed example of its type.
Local climate
Charnel House Approximately 30 Metres to North-West of Church of Saint Mary Magdalen 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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