Davies Memorial About 14 Metres South East of South Porch of Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. Tomb.
Davies Memorial About 14 Metres South East of South Porch of Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- inner-jamb-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 334 444
- Coordinates
- 52.09462, -2.97246
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Davies memorial is a chest tomb located about 14 meters southeast of the south porch of the Church of St Andrew in Bredwardine. It commemorates Mary Davies, who died in 1801. The tomb is constructed of ashlar and features bold fluted corner balusters, an oval inscription panel with paterae in the spandrels, a dentilled frieze, a moulded cornice, and a bevelled top. The inscription reads: "Underneath/ lieth the Body of Mary the Wife of/ Thomas Davies Daughter in law of /Henry and Margaret Davies/ late of Dilwyn. She departed June 30th/ 1801 aged 67 years."
Local climate
Davies Memorial About 14 Metres South East of South Porch of Church of St Andrew receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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