Elizabeth Smith Memorial Approximately 10 Yards East 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 17 November 1986. Memorial.
Elizabeth Smith Memorial Approximately 10 Yards East of Chancel of Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- fallen-gallery-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 November 1986
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- SK 073 423
- Coordinates
- 52.97852, -1.89152
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Elizabeth Smith Memorial is a chest tomb located approximately 10 yards east of the chancel of the Church of St. Peter in Alton. It dates from 1836 and is constructed of ashlar stone. The tomb has a rectangular plan, featuring panelled sides and an oversailing cap with a moulded edge.
Local climate
Elizabeth Smith Memorial Approximately 10 Yards East of Chancel of Church of St Peter receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% 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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