Beaven and Higgins Memorial About 42 Metres North of North Porch of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. Chest tomb.
Beaven and Higgins Memorial About 42 Metres North of North Porch of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- idle-steeple-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1984
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 251 450
- Coordinates
- 52.09896, -3.09395
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Beavan and Higgins memorial is a chest tomb located about 42 metres north of the north porch of the Church of St Mary, dating from around 1800. It is made of ashlar stone and features corner balusters, a moulded cornice, and a bevelled top. The inscription panels are framed by swags of husks, and there are low relief classical urns at the ends. The north inscription reads: "Sacred to the Memory of Ann Wife of the late William Beavan of Middlemoor in this Parish Gent who departed this Life 11 day of Oct 1804 Aged 49 years [2 more lines]." The memorial also commemorates Martha Higgins, who died in 1788. This tomb is a fine example of stone masonry and enhances the setting of the church, contributing to the group value of the other memorials in the churchyard.
Local climate
Beaven and Higgins Memorial About 42 Metres North of North Porch of Church of St Mary receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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