Group of 7 Chest Tombs Between Churchyard Cross and South and East Sides of the Church of St Tysilio is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 March 1987. Chest tomb.
Group of 7 Chest Tombs Between Churchyard Cross and South and East Sides of the Church of St Tysilio
- WRENN ID
- north-beam-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 March 1987
- Type
- Chest tomb
- Address
- Group of 7 Chest Tombs Between Churchyard Cross and South and East Sides of the Church of St Tysilio, Sellack
- OS grid reference
- SO 565 276
- Coordinates
- 51.94565, -2.63354
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A group of seven chest tombs is located between the churchyard cross and the south and east sides of the Church of St Tysilio.
The first tomb is for Ann Williams, who died in 1822. It is made of sandstone ashlar and features a moulded plinth, flat capping, corner balusters, and an urn on the west end panel.
Another tomb, probably dating from the late 17th century to early 18th century, has no inscription. This chest tomb is also made of sandstone ashlar, with flat capping that has a moulded under edge, a chamfered plinth, and side panels divided vertically into two parts. It includes a deep frieze with two paterae on each side panel, while the end panels display oval motifs with curved projections at each of the four cardinal points and a single central paterae in the frieze.
The third tomb is for Samuel Warn, who died in 1794. It is constructed of sandstone ashlar and has flat moulded capping, with corner balusters extending across the end panels.
The fourth tomb is for Thomas Roberts, who died in 1810. This tomb is also made of sandstone ashlar and features hipped capping and side panels with quadrant corners.
The fifth tomb is for Simon Archer, who died in 1792. It is made of sandstone ashlar and includes a moulded plinth and flat moulded capping. The side panels have raised margins with quadrant corners, and the corner balusters are carved through as bulbous end panels.
The sixth tomb is for Catherine Carrier, who died in 1787. This chest tomb is made of sandstone ashlar and features flat moulded capping, with wide corner balusters extending well into either side of the inscription panels, which have quadrant corners. The end panels have recessed rectangular margins with shouldered segmental heads on the fielded inner panels.
The seventh tomb, located immediately east of the Simon Archer monument, has a missing south side panel and dates from the 18th century. It is made of sandstone ashlar and features flat moulded capping and curved end panels.
Local climate
Group of 7 Chest Tombs Between Churchyard Cross and South and East Sides of the Church of St Tysilio receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% 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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