Harper Monument Approximately 10 Metres South-East of Chancel of Church of St Giles is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 1985. Monument.
Harper Monument Approximately 10 Metres South-East of Chancel of Church of St Giles
- WRENN ID
- floating-belfry-thunder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 July 1985
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SO 572 190
- Coordinates
- 51.86826, -2.62248
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Harper monument is a chest tomb located approximately 10 meters south-east of the chancel of the Church of St Giles in Goodrich. It dates from the early 19th century and is made of ashlar stone. The monument features a moulded plinth and raised capping, with tapering sides and plain fielded inscription panels. One of the inscriptions commemorates John Harper, who died at the age of 5 months in 1818. The inscription reads: "The cup of life just with his lips he prest/ Found the tast bitter and refused the rest/ Averse then turning from the face of day/ He softly sigh'd his little soul away."
Local climate
Harper Monument Approximately 10 Metres South-East of Chancel of Church of St Giles 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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