Watkins Children Memorial About 22 Metres North West of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. Memorial.
Watkins Children Memorial About 22 Metres North West of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-steeple-rye
- 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
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- SO 251 450
- Coordinates
- 52.09872, -3.09454
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Watkins children memorial is a chest tomb located about 22 metres north-west of the west tower of the Church of St Mary. It commemorates the Watkins children who died between 1757 and 1768. The tomb features bold corner balusters decorated with crossed sprigs of wheat, an inscription panel flanked by drapery swags, a moulded cornice, and a bevelled top. The inscription reads: "To the Memory of Seven of the Children of/ James Watkins Esq and Ann his Wife/ who departed this life in infancy/ James died July 12th 1757 Aged 3 Years/ Anne died Decr 25th 1759 Aged 3 Years/ James died Oct 16th 1759 Aged 7 Months/ Anne died May 3rd 1762 Aged 7 months/ James died April lst 1765 Aged 14 Days/ Thomas died March 12th 1768 Aged 5 Years/ Anne died April 18th 1768 Aged 3 Years." This memorial is a fine example of stone masonry and enhances the setting of the church, contributing to the group value of the other memorials in the churchyard.
Local climate
Watkins Children Memorial About 22 Metres North West of Church of St Mary receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% 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 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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- 1 Watkins Memorial Approximately 3 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Mary
- 2 Group of Three Memorials About 0.5 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Mary
- 3 Watkins chest tomb 3.5 metres south east of south east corner of south transept of Church of St Mary
- 4 Thomas Watkins Memorial Approximately 5 Metres North West of Church of St Dubricius
- 5 Watkins Memorial Approximately 10 Metres South West of South Porch of Church of St Nicholas
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