Pair of Chest Tombs About 2 Yards East of the Chancel of the Church of St Tysilio is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 March 1987. Tomb.

Pair of Chest Tombs About 2 Yards East of the Chancel of the Church of St Tysilio

WRENN ID
leaning-facade-myrtle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Herefordshire, County of
Constituency
Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 March 1987
Type
Tomb
OS grid reference
SO 565 276
Coordinates
51.9457, -2.63352
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a pair of chest tombs located about 2 yards east of the chancel of the Church of St Tysilio. They were likely built in the late 17th century and are made of sandstone ashlar. Each tomb features flat cappings with moulded edges and plain side panels. The east end panel of each tomb has a recessed rectangular panel that contains a cross.

Local climate

Pair of Chest Tombs About 2 Yards East of the Chancel of the Church of St Tysilio receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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