Bowker Memorial, 3 Metres West of South Porch of Church of St John is a Grade II listed building in the South Staffordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. Tomb.
Bowker Memorial, 3 Metres West of South Porch of Church of St John
- WRENN ID
- fallen-render-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Staffordshire
- Constituency
- Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge MP: Sir Gavin Williamson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SJ 886 116
- Coordinates
- 52.70247, -2.16925
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bowker Memorial is a pedestal tomb located 3 meters west of the south porch of the Church of St. John. It commemorates Thomas Bowker, who died in 1817. The tomb is made of stone and features a moulded plinth that supports an inscribed die. Above this is a moulded surbase, which is topped by an urn that has a gadrooned base and a reeded rim.
Local climate
Bowker Memorial, 3 Metres West of South Porch of Church of St John receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% 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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