Seager and Baker Memorials About 50 Metres West of the Church of St Leonard is a Grade II listed building in the Wyre Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 May 1986. Memorial.
Seager and Baker Memorials About 50 Metres West of the Church of St Leonard
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wyre Forest
- Constituency
- Wyre Forest MP: Mark Garnier (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 May 1986
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- SO 785 740
- Coordinates
- 52.36386, -2.3161
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Seager and Baker memorials, located about 50 metres west of the Church of St Leonard, consist of a pedestal and a chest tomb, commemorating individuals who died in 1815 and 1816. The memorials are made of ashlar stone.
The pedestal tomb, situated to the south, features a pedestal with a moulded cornice and an urn finial. It bears the inscription: "In the vault under this pedestal are deposited the remains of Mr Joseph Seager, late of Bewdley Solicitor, who died 19 December 1815, aged 65 years."
To the north is the chest tomb, which has simple pilastered corners and a moulded cornice on its flat top. The inscription on a large lunette reads: "Underneath this tomb are deposited the remains of Samuel Baker, Solicitor of Bewdley, who died August 14 1816, aged 56 years; also of George Baker of Bewdley, who died December 17 1850, aged 62 years; and of Elizabeth Ann, daughter of George and Elizabeth Baker, who died December 5 1831, aged 2."
Local climate
Seager and Baker Memorials About 50 Metres West of the Church of St Leonard receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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