Chest Tomb About 7 Yards South of Buttress Between Nave and Chancel 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 16 July 1987. Chest tomb.
Chest Tomb About 7 Yards South of Buttress Between Nave and Chancel of the Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- moated-finial-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 July 1987
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 375 448
- Coordinates
- 52.09821, -2.91297
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dated 1762, is located about 7 yards south of the buttress between the nave and chancel of the Church of St Mary in Staunton-on-Wye. It is constructed from squared sandstone rubble and features a flat sandstone capping. The tomb is double width and the capping is adorned with incised panels depicting cherubim under arches. The inscription on the tomb is mostly illegible but includes the words " ... body of Henry ... 1762".
Local climate
Chest Tomb About 7 Yards South of Buttress Between Nave and Chancel of the Church of St Mary receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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 Chest tomb approximately 21 metres to south east of chancel of Church of St Mary
- 2 Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard About 2 Metres South West of the South West Buttress to the Church of St Mary
- 3 Chest Tomb About 45 Yards South of the Nave of the Church of St Mary the Virgin
- 4 Chest Tomb Approximately 3 Metres South of South East Corner of Nave of Church of St Mary
- 5 Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard About 8 Metres South West of the South West Buttress of the Tower to the Church of St Mary
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