Homes Memorial Approximately 3 Metres South of South Porch of Church of St Lawrence is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 March 1986. Tomb.
Homes Memorial Approximately 3 Metres South of South Porch of Church of St Lawrence
- WRENN ID
- crooked-steel-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 March 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 632 440
- Coordinates
- 52.0937, -2.53734
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Homes memorial is an early 19th-century pedestal tomb located approximately 3 metres south of the south porch of the Church of St Lawrence in Stretton Grandison. It is made of sandstone ashlar and has a square plan. The tomb features a moulded plinth and capping, with a raised central rectangular finial and fluting below the capping. There are slightly raised inscription panels commemorating Thomas Homes, who died in 1803. The work is signed by D Yates of Hereford.
Local climate
Homes Memorial Approximately 3 Metres South of South Porch of Church of St Lawrence receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% 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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