Fisher Monument About 7 Yards South-West of the South-East Corner of the Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 April 1986. Tomb.
Fisher Monument About 7 Yards South-West of the South-East Corner of the Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- stark-fireplace-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 April 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 521 255
- Coordinates
- 51.92596, -2.69717
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Fisher Monument, located about 7 yards south-west of the south-east corner of the Church of St Michael, is a chest tomb dedicated to John Fisher, who died in 1777. It is made of finely cut brown sandstone and features a moulded base and a flat moulded top. The tomb is adorned with corner balusters and advanced side panels that have quadrant corners. There are also incised borders for the inscriptions and on the end panels.
Local climate
Fisher Monument About 7 Yards South-West of the South-East Corner of the Church of St Michael receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% 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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