Group of Three Monuments About 25 Yards West-North West of South Porch 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 21 February 1986. Chest tomb.
Group of Three Monuments About 25 Yards West-North West of South Porch of the Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- weathered-stronghold-wind
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 February 1986
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 386 304
- Coordinates
- 51.96871, -2.89414
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of three monuments located about 25 yards west-northwest of the south porch of the Church of St Mary.
The first is a chest tomb for Edward Fisher, who died in 1784. It is made of sandstone ashlar and features a flat moulded top, curved end panels, and an inscription panel with a moulded incised surround and quadrant corners.
The second tomb is for James Fisher, who died in 1823. This chest tomb is also made of sandstone ashlar and has a slightly hipped moulded capping, with fluted panels on either side of a raised inscription panel that is set in a margin with quadrant corners.
The third chest tomb commemorates James Fisher, who died in 1795. It is constructed from sandstone ashlar and has a flat capping with moulded edges, curved end panels, and side inscription panels that feature margins with quadrant corners.
Local climate
Group of Three Monuments About 25 Yards West-North West of South Porch of the Church of St Mary 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 greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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