Pedestal Tomb Approximately 6 Metres South West of Nave of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 May 1987. Tomb.
Pedestal Tomb Approximately 6 Metres South West of Nave of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- dusk-truss-gold
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 May 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 386 857
- Coordinates
- 52.46599, -2.90468
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pedestal tomb located approximately 6 meters south-west of the nave of the Church of St. Michael. It is likely from the late 18th century and is made of limestone ashlar. The tomb features a moulded plinth and capping with semi-circular corner piers, a rectangular base, and an urn-shaped finial. The inscription on the west side was illegible during the last survey in July 1986.
Local climate
Pedestal Tomb Approximately 6 Metres South West of Nave of Church of St Michael receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% 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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