Spencer Monument About 3 Yards North-East of the Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 July 1985. Chest tomb.
Spencer Monument About 3 Yards North-East of the Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- calm-moat-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 July 1985
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 534 453
- Coordinates
- 52.10459, -2.68147
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Spencer monument, located about 3 yards north-east of the Church of St Nicholas, is a chest tomb dedicated to William Spencer, who died in 1780. It is constructed from sandstone ashlar and features gadrooned corner balusters. The inscription panel is adorned with a running foliage border, and the tomb has a moulded capping that is now topped by a later 19th-century pyramidical slab.
Local climate
Spencer Monument About 3 Yards North-East of the Church of St Nicholas receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% 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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- 3 Monument to William Spencer Approximately 8 Metres South of East Corner of South Chapel at St George's Church
- 4 Spencer Memorial Approximately 14 Metres South East of South Transept of Church of St Mary
- 5 Spencer Headstone About 13 Metres South of the West Wall of the Tower of the Church of St Constantine
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