Machin Monument About 6 Yards South of South-West Corner of the Vestry of the Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 April 1986. Headstone.
Machin Monument About 6 Yards South of South-West Corner of the Vestry of the Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- turning-lime-thunder
- 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
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SO 520 239
- Coordinates
- 51.91182, -2.69869
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Machin monument is located about 6 yards south of the southwest corner of the vestry of the Church of St Mary. This headstone commemorates William Machin, who died in 1673. It is made of sandstone and features a segmental head with rounded shoulders that have shallow incised scrolls on their east faces. There is a recessed segmentally-headed inscription panel. Additionally, the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, Volume I, page 239, notes a headstone for Margery, the wife of William Machin, who died in June 1706.
Local climate
Machin Monument About 6 Yards South of South-West Corner of the Vestry of the Church of St Mary 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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