Group of 3 Ward Memorials Approximately 5 Metres South of Church of Holy Trinity is a Grade II listed building in the Stafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 1994. Memorial.
Group of 3 Ward Memorials Approximately 5 Metres South of Church of Holy Trinity
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stafford
- Constituency
- Stafford MP: Leigh Ingham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 February 1994
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- SJ 943 222
- Coordinates
- 52.79804, -2.08468
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of three memorials located approximately 5 metres south of the Church of Holy Trinity in Baswich, Stafford. The group consists of a chest tomb and two headstones. The chest tomb commemorates Abraham and Margaret Ward, who died in 1793 and 1798, as well as Elizabeth and John, who died in 1823 and 1824. It is made of ashlar and features pointed arched panels on the balusters, oval panels on the sides, and a moulded cap. One headstone is dedicated to Abraham Ward, who died in 1726, and includes a cartouche with an inscription and a cherub above it. The second headstone, located to the left, is also for Abraham Ward, who died in 1733.
Local climate
Group of 3 Ward Memorials Approximately 5 Metres South of Church of Holy Trinity 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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