Stone and Plaque About 200 Yards West-North-West of Belmont House is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 October 1986. Plaque.
Stone and Plaque About 200 Yards West-North-West of Belmont House
- WRENN ID
- steep-spindle-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 October 1986
- Type
- Plaque
- OS grid reference
- SO 474 387
- Coordinates
- 52.04505, -2.76713
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This listing describes a sandstone rock located about 200 yards west-north-west of Belmont House, which features an inset metal plaque that was manufactured and installed in 1813. The boulder retains most of its natural surface, but a recessed rectangular panel has been carved into the eastern face to accommodate a cast iron plaque. The plaque displays the following raised lettering:
THE ACORN FROM WHICH / THIS OAK SPRANG / WAS SOWN AT / FOXLEY / AD / 1773 / THE SAPLING WAS PLANTED AT / BELMONT / BY / JOHN MATTHEWS ESQ / AD / 1788 / IT MEASURED FIVE FEET / SIX INCHES / IN / CIRCUMFERENCE / AD / 1813.
Currently, there is no oak tree standing near the boulder and plaque, but there are two headstones for dog graves located approximately 5 metres to the north.
Local climate
Stone and Plaque About 200 Yards West-North-West of Belmont House receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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