Emuss Memorial About 11 Yards 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. Memorial.
Emuss Memorial About 11 Yards East of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- iron-plaster-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wychavon
- Constituency
- Redditch MP: Chris Bloore (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- SO 954 644
- Coordinates
- 52.27775, -2.068
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Emuss memorial is a chest tomb located about 11 yards east of the chancel of the Church of St Mary the Virgin. It dates from the early 19th century and is made of sandstone ashlar. The tomb features a moulded plinth, hipped capping, fluted corner pilasters, and inscription panels with recessed borders. It commemorates William Emuss, who died in 1814. This memorial is one of several chest tombs in the prominent hilltop churchyard, alongside the Farmer memorial and the Thomas memorial.
Local climate
Emuss Memorial About 11 Yards 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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Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Farmer Memorial About 5 Yards South-Easte of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary the Virgin
- 2 Head Memorial in the Churchyard, About One Metre from the South Side of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary
- 3 Harrison Memorial, in the Churchyard About 44 Metres South East of Chancel of Church of St Mary the Virgin
- 4 Unidentified Memorial, About 3.5 Metres South of Biggs Memorial in the Churchyard of Church of St Mary the Virgin
- 5 Tomb, Seven Metres West of Tower of All Saints Church
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