Davies Memorial Approximately 4 Metres South of South-West Corner of Nave 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. Chest tomb.
Davies Memorial Approximately 4 Metres South of South-West Corner of Nave of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- patient-zinc-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1986
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SJ 612 051
- Coordinates
- 52.64254, -2.5738
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Davies memorial is a chest tomb located approximately 4 metres south of the south-west corner of the nave of the Church of St Mary in Leighton, dating from around 1815. It is made of sandstone and features a rectangular shape with a moulded plinth and a pedimented top ledger, along with fluted corner pilasters. The moulded inscription panel on the north side commemorates John Davies, who died in 1815, while the panel on the south side commemorates his 'relict', Sarah, who died in 1853. The tomb retains traces of paint and has raised oval inscription panels at each end that are left blank.
Local climate
Davies Memorial Approximately 4 Metres South of South-West Corner of Nave 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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