Ridgway Memorial Approximately 30m West of Tower of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the East Staffordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 March 1986. Chest tomb.
Ridgway Memorial Approximately 30m West of Tower of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- pitched-span-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Staffordshire
- Constituency
- Burton and Uttoxeter MP: Jacob Collier (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 March 1986
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SK 235 277
- Coordinates
- 52.84654, -1.65199
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ridgway Memorial, located approximately 30 meters west of the tower of the Church of St Mary, is a chest tomb dedicated to George Ridgway, who died in 1824. It is made of stone and features a raised, ridged top slab. The tomb has bowed, reeded pilasters at the corners, which are adorned with paterae at the capitals. An inscribed slate side panel is present but has slipped; it was on site during the resurvey in September 1984.
Local climate
Ridgway Memorial Approximately 30m West of Tower of Church of St Mary receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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