Jones Memorial About 14 Metres North-West of West Tower of Church of St Faith is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. Monument.
Jones Memorial About 14 Metres North-West of West Tower of Church of St Faith
- WRENN ID
- winter-step-hyssop
- 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
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SO 314 418
- Coordinates
- 52.07044, -3.0018
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Jones Memorial is an early 19th-century pedestal tomb located about 14 metres north-west of the west tower of the Church of St Faith in Dorstone. It is constructed from ashlar and has a square plan cuboid shape on a plinth. The tomb features a chamfered top that leads to a pyramidal cap, which is topped with a finial. There are oval inscription panels framed by fluted pilasters, with the upper spandrels also fluted and the lower spandrels decorated with paterae. The inscription on the south side reads: "Underneath/ are/ deposited the / mortal Remains/ of the Revd/ John Jones/ of this Parish./ He deceased August/ the 19th A.D./ 1826/ Aged [ ... ]/ [ ... ]". The west side commemorates Lucy Jones, the daughter of John, who died in 1824. The memorial is signed: "[ ... ] Peterchurch".
Local climate
Jones Memorial About 14 Metres North-West of West Tower of Church of St Faith 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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