Group of Chest Tombs Approximately 1/2 of A Metre South of Nave of Church of St Mary 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 Chest Tombs Approximately 1/2 of A Metre South of Nave of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- low-pediment-ivy
- 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 597 283
- Coordinates
- 51.95211, -2.5864
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A group of four chest tombs is located approximately 0.5 meters south of the nave of the Church of St Mary. These tombs date from the 18th and 19th centuries and are made of sandstone ashlar with a rectangular plan, featuring mainly moulded plinths and capping.
The Gammond memorial, dated 1723, has plain pilasters that flank a plain inscription panel, with the initials of Gammond on the short sides, commemorating John Gammond who died in 1723 and his wife Anne who died in 1741. The William Gammond memorial from 1806 features corner balusters that flank a rectangular panel with an oval inset, adorned with florettes in the spandrels, although the inscription is largely defaced.
The John Gammond memorial from 1789 has balusters flanking a fielded inscription panel, commemorating John Gammond who died in 1789 and Jane Gammond who died in 1797. Lastly, the William Gammond memorial from 1771 also features balusters flanking a fielded inscription panel, commemorating William Gammond who died in 1771 and Mary Brown, who died in 1827, the daughter of William and Mary Gammond.
Local climate
Group of Chest Tombs Approximately 1/2 of A Metre South of Nave of Church of St Mary receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% 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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