Thomas Pickering Memorial and Railings Approximately 6 Yards South of West Tower of Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the East Staffordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 August 1985. Tomb.
Thomas Pickering Memorial and Railings Approximately 6 Yards South of West Tower of Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- third-bastion-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Staffordshire
- Constituency
- Burton and Uttoxeter MP: Jacob Collier (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 August 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SK 137 307
- Coordinates
- 52.87376, -1.79666
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thomas Pickering Memorial and its railings are located approximately 6 yards south of the west tower of the Church of St. Peter in Marchington. This memorial consists of a double slab tomb commemorating Thomas Pickering, who died in 1834. It is surrounded by wrought iron railings that enclose a square area, featuring two ashlar slabs with moulded edges.
Local climate
Thomas Pickering Memorial and Railings Approximately 6 Yards South of West Tower of Church of St Peter receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% 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 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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- 3 Pickering Monument in Churchyard, About 9 Metres East of South East Corner of Chancel, Church of St Andrew
- 4 Railings and Gates and Memorial in Courtyard to Pickering United Reformed (Congregational) Church
- 5 Pickering Monument, in Churchyard, About 5 1/2 Metres South of South West Corner of Nave, Church of St Andrew
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