Butt Monument About 2 Yards South of South-East Corner of the South Aisle of the Church of St George is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1985. Tomb.
Butt Monument About 2 Yards South of South-East Corner of the South Aisle of the Church of St George
- WRENN ID
- quartered-timber-elder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 December 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 611 357
- Coordinates
- 52.01904, -2.56727
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Butt monument, located about 2 yards south of the south-east corner of the south aisle of the Church of St George, is a pedestal tomb dedicated to Henry Butt, who died in 1834. It is made of finely cut sandstone and features a deep moulded base. The tomb has a stepped hipped capping adorned with acanthus leaves on each side of semi-circular headed shouldered inscription panels. This monument is part of a close group with the Harris, Mailes, and Williams monuments.
Local climate
Butt Monument About 2 Yards South of South-East Corner of the South Aisle of the Church of St George receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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 Samuell Beard and Henry Butt Monuments, About 5.5m North East of East Buttress of Porch in Churchyard of Church of St Nicholas
- 2 Butt Memorial, Immediately West of Summers Memorial in Churchyard of Church of St Mary
- 3 Harris Monument About 5 Yards South-East of South-East Corner of the South Aisle of the Church of St George
- 4 Dangerfield and Unidentified Monument, About 2m North East of Henry Butt Monument in the Churchyard of Church of St Nicholas
- 5 Dowdewell Monument, About 3m South East of Mary Butt Monument in Churchyard of Church of St Nicholas
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