Peake Memorial Immediately to East of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 May 1987. Churchyard memorial.
Peake Memorial Immediately to East of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- north-mullion-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 May 1987
- Type
- Churchyard memorial
- Address
- Peake Memorial Immediately to East of Church of St Mary, Hopton Castle
- OS grid reference
- SO 363 782
- Coordinates
- 52.39856, -2.93683
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Peake memorial, located immediately to the east of the Church of St Mary in Hopton Castle, is a churchyard memorial dating from around 1686. It is made of cast iron and features a recumbent rectangular-shaped slab with slightly raised sides. The memorial bears the inscription: "HERE LIETH THE / BODY OF RICHARD / PEAKE BEING MIN / ISTER OF THIS PL / ACE 33 YEARES / WHO DECEACED/ THE 29TH DAY OF / JULY ANO1686."
Local climate
Peake Memorial Immediately to East of Church of St Mary receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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