Alcock memorial approximately 10 metres west of tower of Church of St Werburgh is a Grade II listed building in the Staffordshire Moorlands local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 December 1986. Chest tomb.
Alcock memorial approximately 10 metres west of tower of Church of St Werburgh
- WRENN ID
- haunted-turret-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 December 1986
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SK 013 469
- Coordinates
- 53.01955, -1.98184
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Alcock memorial is a chest tomb located approximately 10 metres west of the tower of the Church of St Werburgh in Kingsley. It commemorates Samuel Alcock, who died in 1848. The tomb features a deep twin-stepped podium and a deep-moulded plinth, with pilasters at the corners. The sides are incised, and it has a moulded ridged top slab.
Local climate
Alcock memorial approximately 10 metres west of tower of Church of St Werburgh receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% 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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