Matthews Monument About 20 Yards South of the East End of the South Aisle of the Church of St George is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1985. Monument.
Matthews Monument About 20 Yards South of the East End of the South Aisle of the Church of St George
- WRENN ID
- heavy-cornice-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 December 1985
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SO 611 357
- Coordinates
- 52.01893, -2.56727
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Matthews Monument is a chest tomb located about 20 yards south of the east end of the south aisle of the Church of St George. It commemorates William Matthews, who died in 1824. The tomb is made of finely cut sandstone and features a deep lightly moulded base and a flat moulded capping. It has a fluted frieze, corner balusters, and inscription panels with quadrant corners and paterae.
Local climate
Matthews Monument About 20 Yards South of the East End of the South Aisle of the Church of St George receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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