Rowley Memorial About 4 Metres South of South Porch of Church of All Saints is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle-under-Lyme local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1985. Chest tomb.
Rowley Memorial About 4 Metres South of South Porch of Church of All Saints
- WRENN ID
- silent-clay-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Constituency
- Newcastle-under-Lyme MP: Adam Jogee (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1985
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SJ 772 443
- Coordinates
- 52.99604, -2.33979
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rowley memorial is a chest tomb located about 4 meters south of the south porch of the Church of All Saints in Madeley. It dates from the late 18th century and is made of sandstone ashlar. The tomb has a rectangular plan and features square corner balusters. The top slab is inscribed and commemorates Elizabeth, who died in 1770, the wife of John Rowley. At the top of the slab is the head of a winged angel, while the foot displays a skull and cross-bones with a heart. Additionally, there is an inscription panel on the south side dedicated to Mary Rowley, who died in 1809.
Local climate
Rowley Memorial About 4 Metres South of South Porch of Church of All Saints receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% 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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