Tomb of Elihu Yale, west of Church of St Giles is a Grade II* listed building in the Wrexham local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 16 June 1980. Tomb.
Tomb of Elihu Yale, west of Church of St Giles
- WRENN ID
- far-gutter-soot
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Wrexham
- Constituency
- Wrexham MP: Andrew Ranger (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 16 June 1980
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Tomb of Elihu Yale, west of Church of St Giles, Offa
- OS grid reference
- SJ 335 501
- Coordinates
- 53.04415, -2.99304
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Tomb of Elihu Yale, located west of the Church of St Giles, is a plain tomb chest featuring angle pilasters and a shallow raking slab, set on a raised base. The inscription notes that "Elihu Yale esq. was buried the twenty second of July the year of our lord 1721." Additionally, a rhyme on the tomb provides details of his life: "Born in America, in Europe bred, in Africa travelled and Asia wed, where long he lived and thriv'd; in London dead." Elihu Yale resided at Plas Grono in the parish of Wrexham for several years towards the end of his life.
Local climate
Tomb of Elihu Yale, west of Church of St Giles receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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