Robinson Monument Immediately South of the Tower 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. Chest tomb.
Robinson Monument Immediately South of the Tower of the Church of St Tysilio
- WRENN ID
- last-paling-nightshade
- 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
- Chest tomb
- Address
- Robinson Monument Immediately South of the Tower of the Church of St Tysilio, Sellack
- OS grid reference
- SO 565 276
- Coordinates
- 51.94565, -2.63391
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Robinson monument, located immediately south of the tower of the Church of St Tysilio, is a chest tomb dedicated to William Robinson, who died in 1778. It is constructed from sandstone ashlar and features a deep moulded plinth and a hipped stepped moulded capping. The monument is flanked by wide gadrooned corner balusters and has rectangular side panels adorned with cartouches and festoons along the margins.
Local climate
Robinson Monument Immediately South of the Tower 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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