Group of Two Chest Tombs Approximately 1/2 of A Metre East of South Transept of Church of St Andrew and St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1987. Chest tombs.
Group of Two Chest Tombs Approximately 1/2 of A Metre East of South Transept of Church of St Andrew and St Mary
- WRENN ID
- first-eave-sage
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1987
- Type
- Chest tombs
- OS grid reference
- SO 611 305
- Coordinates
- 51.97191, -2.56676
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of two chest tombs located approximately 0.5 meters east of the south transept of the Church of St Andrew and St Mary. The tombs date from the late 18th century and early 19th century and are constructed from sandstone ashlar, featuring moulded plinths and capping. One of the tombs is a memorial to Joshua James, dated 1772, which has balusters flanking a fielded inscription panel. The other tomb, from the early 19th century, has tapering sides, fielded inscription panels, and a pyramidal capping.
Local climate
Group of Two Chest Tombs Approximately 1/2 of A Metre East of South Transept of Church of St Andrew and St Mary 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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