Smith Monument Immediately South of Tower of Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. Chest tomb.
Smith Monument Immediately South of Tower of Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- young-hall-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Chest tomb
- Address
- Smith Monument Immediately South of Tower of Church of St John the Baptist, Mathon
- OS grid reference
- SO 733 458
- Coordinates
- 52.11026, -2.3906
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Smith monument, located immediately south of the tower of the Church of St John the Baptist, is a chest tomb commemorating Benjamin Smith, who died in 1799. It is constructed of ashlar and features a central inscription plaque, along with low relief end panels, swagged end panels, and a moulded top.
Local climate
Smith Monument Immediately South of Tower of Church of St John the Baptist receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% 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 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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