Group of 3 Memorials Approximately 10 Yards West of Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Lichfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1987. Memorial.
Group of 3 Memorials Approximately 10 Yards West of Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- night-chapel-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lichfield
- Constituency
- Tamworth MP: Sarah Edwards (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1987
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- SK 197 136
- Coordinates
- 52.72005, -1.70913
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of three chest tombs located approximately 10 yards west of the Church of St. John the Baptist. They date from the late 18th century and early 19th century and are made of stone. Each tomb features moulded bases and slate caps with moulded edges. The side and end panels have moulded surrounds and corner pilasters. The central and southernmost tombs have fluted pilasters with gadrooned bases. The memorials commemorate Thomas Prinsep, who died in 1795, Mary Prinsep, who died in 1779, and another Thomas Prinsep, who died in 1814.
Local climate
Group of 3 Memorials Approximately 10 Yards West of Church of St John the Baptist receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% 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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