John Barlow Memorial Approximately One Yard South of Chancel of Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the South Staffordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 January 1986. Chest tomb.
John Barlow Memorial Approximately One Yard South of Chancel of Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- steep-stone-hawthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Staffordshire
- Constituency
- Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge MP: Sir Gavin Williamson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 January 1986
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SJ 937 174
- Coordinates
- 52.75461, -2.0942
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The John Barlow Memorial is a chest tomb located approximately one yard south of the chancel of the Church of St. James in Acton Trussell, Bednall. It commemorates John Barlow, who died in 1805. The tomb is constructed from ashlar and features a moulded base, reeded angle pilasters, and oval panelled sides. At the top, it has a pyramidal cap, which is surmounted at the apex by the base of a former finial.
Local climate
John Barlow Memorial Approximately One Yard South of Chancel of Church of St James receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% 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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