Group of Six Memorials Approximately Six Metres South East of Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1987. Tomb.
Group of Six Memorials Approximately Six Metres South East of Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- gilded-remnant-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 650 272
- Coordinates
- 51.94227, -2.50993
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A group of six memorials is located approximately six meters southeast of the Church of St John the Baptist. These consist of six chest tombs and one pedestal tomb, dating from the 18th and 19th centuries, made of sandstone ashlar. Each tomb has a rectangular plan with moulded plinths and capping.
The memorial for Thomas Bamford, dated 1777, features baluster-shaped end panels and fielded inscription panels. The Richard Hill memorial, from 1803, is a pedestal tomb with three-quarter corner balusters and an oval inscription panel. The Richard Holmes memorial, dated 1775, also has baluster-shaped end panels and a flank fielded inscription panel. The Martha Addis memorial, from 1795, includes shaped end panels adorned with a cartouche and a swag of fruit, along with a fielded inscription panel. There are two defaced tombs from the 18th century, one featuring a cartouche on the short sides and a fielded inscription panel, and the other with shaped end panels and an oval inset rectangular inscription panel.
Local climate
Group of Six Memorials Approximately Six Metres South East of Church of St John the Baptist receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% 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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