Parkes Memorial About 25 Yards South-East of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. Chest tomb.
Parkes Memorial About 25 Yards South-East of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- kindled-bronze-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wychavon
- Constituency
- Redditch MP: Chris Bloore (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 954 643
- Coordinates
- 52.27745, -2.06801
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parkes memorial is a chest tomb located about 25 yards south-east of the chancel of the Church of St Mary the Virgin. It dates from the mid-19th century and is constructed of ashlar stone. The tomb features a moulded plinth and cornice, a raised hipped capping, and a horizontally grooved frieze. It has fluted and tapered corner balusters, as well as shaped and raised side inscription panels and raised oval inscription panels at the ends. The memorial commemorates a person named Parkes, who died in 1844. It is a large and boldly detailed chest tomb.
Local climate
Parkes Memorial About 25 Yards South-East of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary the Virgin receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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