Monument About 2 Yards East of the North East Corner of the South Transept of the Old Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1988. Monument.
Monument About 2 Yards East of the North East Corner of the South Transept of the Old Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- high-eave-sage
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1988
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SO 404 464
- Coordinates
- 52.11318, -2.87107
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument located about 2 yards east of the north-east corner of the south transept of the Old Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed pedestal tomb, likely dating from around 1800. It is constructed of sandstone ashlar and features a deep base, which may cover a vault. The tomb is adorned with engaged fluted corner columns, a frieze, and a moulded cornice. Atop the structure is a low hipped capping with a central obelisk. Each face of the obelisk displays a quatrefoil and various key patterns along the bottom margin. An egg-finial, which likely includes the remains of an urn, rises above the obelisk on a metal stem. The inscriptions on the monument are currently illegible.
Local climate
Monument About 2 Yards East of the North East Corner of the South Transept of the Old Church of St John the Baptist receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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