Wilshaw Memorial and Railed Enclosure Approximately 20 Metres North 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. Memorial.
Wilshaw Memorial and Railed Enclosure Approximately 20 Metres North of Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- cold-render-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 August 1986
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- SJ 951 428
- Coordinates
- 52.98258, -2.07348
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wilshaw memorial and railed enclosure, located approximately 20 meters north of the Church of St. Peter, is a pedestal tomb dedicated to Elizabeth Wilshaw, who died in 1817. It is made of stone and features an inscribed die with a shield-shaped surround, a moulded surbase, and an urn finial. The memorial stands on a repaired stone plinth and is enclosed by cast iron railings, which are capped by urns at the corners.
Local climate
Wilshaw Memorial and Railed Enclosure Approximately 20 Metres North 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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