Tomb Chest Approximately 3 Metres South-East of South Porch of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 March 1987. Tomb.
Tomb Chest Approximately 3 Metres South-East of South Porch of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-span-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 March 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 625 196
- Coordinates
- 51.87401, -2.5455
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This tomb chest, located approximately 3 metres south-east of the south porch of the Church of St Michael, dates from the mid-18th century and is made of sandstone. It features a flat moulded top and square baluster corners. The inscriptions on the tomb include "Thomas Merrick ..... died June 1742," and the top slab has an inscription from the early 19th century.
Local climate
Tomb Chest Approximately 3 Metres South-East of South Porch of Church of St Michael 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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