Group of 2 Memorials One Metre South of Nave of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 February 2000. Memorial.
Group of 2 Memorials One Metre South of Nave of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- dim-lead-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 February 2000
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Group of 2 Memorials One Metre South of Nave of Church of St Mary, Ashford Carbonel
- OS grid reference
- SO 525 710
- Coordinates
- 52.33504, -2.69833
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This description covers a group of two memorials located one metre south of the nave of the Church of St Mary in Ashford Carbonell. These headstones date from the mid-18th century and are made of sandstone ashlar.
The eastern headstone is a plain rectangular slab set horizontally, featuring two plain inset inscribed panels with simple raised borders and projecting carved embellishments above each panel. It commemorates Edmund Matthus and his wife Barbara, who both died in 1770.
The western headstone is a plain rectangular slab set vertically, with two plain raised inscribed panels. It has a rounded head adorned with raised foliate enrichment and commemorates John Matthus, who died in 1781, and Elizabeth Matthus, who died in 1769.
Local climate
Group of 2 Memorials One Metre South of Nave of Church of St Mary receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% 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 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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