Morris Memorial About 18 Metres West of West Tower of Church of St Faith is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. Chest tomb.
Morris Memorial About 18 Metres West of West Tower of Church of St Faith
- WRENN ID
- buried-footing-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1984
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 314 418
- Coordinates
- 52.07045, -3.0019
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Morris memorial is a chest tomb located about 18 metres west of the west tower of the Church of St Faith in Dorstone. It dates from the late 18th century and is constructed of ashlar. The tomb features bold corner balusters that are decorated with crossed sprigs of wheat. There is a fluted border around the inscription panels, which have paterae in the corners, and a moulded cornice with a flat top. The inscription on the north face reads: "To the memory of Eleanor Wife of James Morris Gent late of this Parish who departed this Life the 18th Day of August 1796 Aged 40 years [line illegible]." The memorial also commemorates James Morris, who died in 1801.
Local climate
Morris Memorial About 18 Metres West of West Tower of Church of St Faith 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 lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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