Ball Memorial Approximately 25 Metres North of Nave of Church of St Leonard is a Grade II listed building in the Staffordshire Moorlands local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 December 1986. Monument.
Ball Memorial Approximately 25 Metres North of Nave of Church of St Leonard
- WRENN ID
- ancient-gargoyle-azure
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 December 1986
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SK 017 502
- Coordinates
- 53.04946, -1.97479
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ball Memorial is a chest tomb located approximately 25 meters north of the nave of the Church of St Leonard in Ipstones. It commemorates Thomas Ball, who died in 1829. The tomb is made of stone and features twin incised panels on its sides, along with incised implied pilasters. It has a moulded plinth and a top slab.
Local climate
Ball Memorial Approximately 25 Metres North of Nave of Church of St Leonard 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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