Richard Wheeler Monument About 13 Yards South-West of the South Porch 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.
Richard Wheeler Monument About 13 Yards South-West of the South Porch of the Church of St George
- WRENN ID
- solitary-baluster-sienna
- 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
- 52.01901, -2.56759
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Richard Wheeler monument is a chest tomb located about 13 yards south-west of the south porch of the Church of St George. It commemorates Richard Wheeler, a surgeon who died in 1785. The monument is made of sandstone ashlar and features a moulded capping. It has raised inscription panels with a moulded border, which are flanked towards the corners by decorative paterae and foliage. This tomb is one of a group of three monuments situated to the south-west of the south porch, with the other two dedicated to the Richards Mailes.
Local climate
Richard Wheeler Monument About 13 Yards South-West of the South Porch 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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Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 John Wheeler Monument About 7 Yards South of the Central Lancet of the South Aisle of the Church of St George
- 2 Wheeler Monument About Three Yards South of Weathered Projection of South Wall of the Church of St Barnabas
- 3 Wheeler Memorial About 4 Metres South of South West Corner of Nave of Church of St Mary
- 4 Wheeler Memorial About 9 Yards-East of the Sandys Mausoleum
- 5 Richard Mailes Junior Monument About 10 Yards South of South-West Corner of South Aisle of the Church of St George
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