Cope Memorial in Southj of Transept to Church of St Paul is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1985. Chest tomb.
Cope Memorial in Southj of Transept to Church of St Paul
- WRENN ID
- salt-basalt-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Peak District National Park
- Constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1985
- Type
- Chest tomb
- Address
- Cope Memorial in Southj of Transept to Church of St Paul, Flash, Quarnford, Staffordshire Moorlands
- OS grid reference
- SK 025 671
- Coordinates
- 53.20175, -1.96273
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cope Memorial is a chest tomb located to the south of the transept of the Church of St Paul in Quarnford. This memorial, dedicated to the Cope family, dates from around 1745. It is constructed from stone and features low panelled slab sides. The top is adorned with a large cyma recta cornice and has a twinned, inscribed slab with a moulded edge.
Local climate
Cope Memorial in Southj of Transept to Church of St Paul sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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