William Shenstone's Tomb 12 Metres South West of Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Dudley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1987. Tomb.
William Shenstone's Tomb 12 Metres South West of Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- fossil-passage-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dudley
- Constituency
- Halesowen MP: Alex Ballinger (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 December 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 966 835
- Coordinates
- 52.45002, -2.05134
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
William Shenstone's Tomb, located 12 metres south west of the Church of St John the Baptist, is a chest tomb dating from around 1763. It is a simple rectangular stone tomb with a flat, undecorated top. On the western side, there is a stone slab with a chamfered top that bears the inscription "WILs SHENSTONE ..... 1763 ......", although part of the inscription has been worn away. William Shenstone was a poet and landscape theorist who had a significant influence during his lifetime, notably transforming his garden at Leasowes into one of the first natural landscape gardens in England.
Local climate
William Shenstone's Tomb 12 Metres South West of Church of St John the Baptist receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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