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

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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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