Coffin Lid Against East Wall of the Chancel of the Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1987. Coffin lid. 1 related planning application.
Coffin Lid Against East Wall of the Chancel of the Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- kindled-spindle-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 May 1987
- Type
- Coffin lid
- Address
- Coffin Lid Against East Wall of the Chancel of the Church of St Peter, Grafton, HR2 8EB
- OS grid reference
- SO 509 370
- Coordinates
- 52.02978, -2.71572
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The coffin lid, likely from the 13th century, is made of sandstone and is positioned against the east wall of the chancel of the Church of St Peter. It is a tapered slab measuring approximately six feet six inches high and two feet wide. The surface features an incised shaft and a cross within a circle.
Local climate
Coffin Lid Against East Wall of the Chancel of the Church of St Peter receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Coffin Lid Adjacent West Wall of South Transept of Church of St Peter
- 2 Medieval Coffin Approximately 9 Metres South East of South East Corner of Chancel of Church of St Peter
- 3 Medieval Stone Coffin Against South Wall of Chancel of Church of St Peter
- 4 Coffin Lid in Churchyard, Against North Face of Tower, Church of St Catherine
- 5 Coffin in Churchyard of Church of St Peter, 1 Metre East of the Porch
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings