Gritton Monument Approximately 30 Metres South-West of West Tower of Church of St Giles is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 1985. Monument.
Gritton Monument Approximately 30 Metres South-West of West Tower of Church of St Giles
- WRENN ID
- grey-storey-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 July 1985
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SO 571 190
- Coordinates
- 51.86819, -2.62315
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Gritton monument is an early 19th-century pedestal tomb located approximately 30 meters south-west of the west tower of the Church of St Giles in Goodrich. It is constructed of ashlar stone and features a square base set above a concave surbase. The monument has a moulded plinth and capping that is stepped to create a raised pyramid shape. Each corner is adorned with gadrooned balusters, and there is a fluted frieze with reeding beneath the capping. The tomb includes plain rectangular inscription panels on all four sides, commemorating members of the Gritton family.
Local climate
Gritton Monument Approximately 30 Metres South-West of West Tower of Church of St Giles 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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