Watkins Memorial About 15 Yards North-East of the Sandys Mausoleum is a Grade II listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 March 1985. Chest tomb.
Watkins Memorial About 15 Yards North-East of the Sandys Mausoleum
- WRENN ID
- swift-chapel-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wychavon
- Constituency
- Droitwich and Evesham MP: Nigel Huddleston (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 March 1985
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 844 634
- Coordinates
- 52.26942, -2.22966
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Watkins Memorial, located about 15 yards north-east of the Sandys Mausoleum, is an early 19th-century chest tomb made of sandstone ashlar. It features a moulded base and a flat capping. The corners and the centre of the sides have rebates that are adorned with Doric columns that have fluted capitals. The moulded inscription panels commemorate Mary Watkins, who died in 1816, and John Watkins, who died in 1833.
Local climate
Watkins Memorial About 15 Yards North-East of the Sandys Mausoleum 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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- 1 Watkins Memorial About 20 Yards North-East of the Sandys Memorial
- 2 Watkins Memorial Approximately 3 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Mary
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- 4 Watkins chest tomb 3.5 metres south east of south east corner of south transept of Church of St Mary
- 5 Watkins Memorial Approximately 10 Metres South West of South Porch of Church of St Nicholas
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