Wood Memorial Approximately 5 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Staffordshire Moorlands local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 August 1986. Chest tomb.
Wood Memorial Approximately 5 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- vast-bastion-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 August 1986
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SJ 951 427
- Coordinates
- 52.98233, -2.07334
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wood memorial is a chest tomb located approximately 5 meters south of the chancel of the Church of St. Peter in Werrington. It commemorates Mary Wood, who died in 1794. The tomb is made of stone and features inscribed sides with inset pilasters at the corners, adorned with moulded bands. The top slab has a moulded edge.
Local climate
Wood Memorial Approximately 5 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Peter receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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- 4 Wood Monument, in the Churchyard, About 12 Metres South East of South East Corner of South Aisle, Church of St Mary
- 5 Monument to James Woodhouse in the Churchyard Circa 1 Metre to the East Chancel Wall of the Church of St Mary and St Peter
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