Watkins Memorial About 20 Yards North-East of the Sandys Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 March 1985. Tomb.
Watkins Memorial About 20 Yards North-East of the Sandys Memorial
- WRENN ID
- graven-floor-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wychavon
- Constituency
- Droitwich and Evesham MP: Nigel Huddleston (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 March 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 844 635
- Coordinates
- 52.26944, -2.2296
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Watkins Memorial is a pedestal tomb located about 20 yards north-east of the Sandys Mausoleum, dating from the mid-19th century. It is constructed from sandstone ashlar and features a cube shape on a stepped base. The tomb has projecting chamfered corner piers that support a heavily moulded cornice and a low pyramidal capping. The east inscription panel commemorates Anne Watkins, who died in 1844.
Local climate
Watkins Memorial About 20 Yards North-East of the Sandys Memorial receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% 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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