Nichols Memorial Approximately 4.5 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St George is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1986. Tomb.
Nichols Memorial Approximately 4.5 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St George
- WRENN ID
- lone-minaret-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- Shrewsbury MP: Julia Buckley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 March 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SJ 399 060
- Coordinates
- 52.6491, -2.88843
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Nichols memorial is a pedestal tomb located approximately 4.5 meters south of the chancel of the Church of St George, dating from around 1820. It is made of limestone ashlar and features a square shape with a moulded plinth and a projecting capping topped with a scalloped urn finial. The moulded inscription panel on the east side commemorates Robert Nichols, who died in 1834, while the panel on the south side honors his wife, Mary, who died in 1819. Additional panels on the north and west sides commemorate other family members.
Local climate
Nichols Memorial Approximately 4.5 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St George receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% 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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