Whitcombe Memorial About 10 Yards North of the Nave of the Church of St Faith is a Grade II listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1986. Tomb.
Whitcombe Memorial About 10 Yards North of the Nave of the Church of St Faith
- WRENN ID
- fallow-step-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wychavon
- Constituency
- West Worcestershire MP: Dame Harriett Baldwin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 957 374
- Coordinates
- 52.03536, -2.06404
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Whitcombe Memorial, located about 10 yards north of the nave of the Church of St Faith, is a sarcophagus tomb dating from around 1833. It is constructed of ashlar stone and features a rectangular plinth that supports the tomb, which is raised on four stone spheres. The sarcophagus has a moulded base, a flat capping, and reeded details at the corners. It commemorates Willa Palmer Whitcombe, who died in 1833. The memorial is situated on an elevated site within the churchyard of the Church of St Faith.
Local climate
Whitcombe Memorial About 10 Yards North of the Nave of the Church of St Faith receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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