Group of 3 Memorials Approximately 18 Yards South of Chancel of Church of St Michael and All Angels is a Grade II listed building in the South Staffordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 January 1986. Tomb.
Group of 3 Memorials Approximately 18 Yards South of Chancel of Church of St Michael and All Angels
- WRENN ID
- errant-trefoil-reed
- 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
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SJ 921 141
- Coordinates
- 52.72486, -2.11744
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This group of three memorials is located approximately 18 yards south of the chancel of the Church of St. Michael and All Angels in Penkridge. The memorials consist of a pair of chest tombs and an altar tomb, dating from the 18th century and early 19th century. They are made of ashlar stone. The 18th-century chest tombs feature moulded bases and caps, fluted corner pilasters with gadrooned bases, and highly decorative panels on the sides. The altar tomb is dedicated to Joseph Lees, who died in 1804. It has panelled sides framed by fluted corner pilasters and an oversailing cap that steps up to a domed top.
Local climate
Group of 3 Memorials Approximately 18 Yards South of Chancel of Church of St Michael and All Angels receives an average of 810 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 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% 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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