John Matthews Memorial Approximately 10 Yards West of West Tower of St Chads Church is a Grade II listed building in the South Staffordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 March 1985. Tomb.
John Matthews Memorial Approximately 10 Yards West of West Tower of St Chads Church
- WRENN ID
- rooted-courtyard-dust
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Staffordshire
- Constituency
- Kingswinford and South Staffordshire MP: Mike Wood (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 March 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 820 991
- Coordinates
- 52.58979, -2.26596
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The John Matthews Memorial is a chest tomb located approximately 10 yards west of the west tower of St. Chad's Church in Pattingham. It commemorates John Matthews, who died in 1814. The tomb is constructed of ashlar stone and features long sides with a large central panel adorned with fluted fans at the corners, flanked by two slim outer panels. It has a moulded base and cornice.
Local climate
John Matthews Memorial Approximately 10 Yards West of West Tower of St Chads Church 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 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Matthews Memorial Approximately 9 Metres to South of Nave of Church of Saint Chad
- 2 Matthews Monument, in the Churchyard by North West Corner of Vestry Block, Church of St Mary
- 3 Matthews Monument About 20 Yards South of the East End of the South Aisle of the Church of St George
- 4 Matthews Tomb in St Mary's Churchyard
- 5 Matthews Memorial Approximately 20 Metres South East of Chancel of Church of St Mary
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