Morris Memorial Approximately 20 Metres South East of Chancel of Church of St George is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1989. Memorial. 1 related planning application.
Morris Memorial Approximately 20 Metres South East of Chancel of Church of St George
- WRENN ID
- pitched-panel-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 March 1989
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Morris Memorial Approximately 20 Metres South East of Chancel of Church of St George, GL7 3HG
- OS grid reference
- SU 249 993
- Coordinates
- 51.69235, -1.64059
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Morris Memorial, located approximately 20 meters southeast of the chancel of the Church of St. George in Kelmscott, was created in 1896 by Philip Webb. This churchyard memorial is made of limestone and features a curved ridge-shaped stone supported by stone blocks at each end. The south side of the memorial bears inscriptions for William Morris (1834-1896) and Jane Morris (1839-1914), while the north side honors their daughters, Jane Alice Morris (1861-1935) and May Morris (1862-1938). It has been suggested that the design of the tomb may be inspired by the ridge-back type of Viking funerary monument, although Webb might have also drawn inspiration from a 17th-century gable-ended tomb found in the same churchyard.
Local climate
Morris Memorial Approximately 20 Metres South East of Chancel of Church of St George receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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