Brown Memorial About 20 Metres North of Apse of Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. Chest tomb.
Brown Memorial About 20 Metres North of Apse of Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- quartered-pavement-grove
- 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
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 344 385
- Coordinates
- 52.04141, -2.95643
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Brown memorial is a chest tomb located about 20 metres north of the apse of the Church of St Peter. It dates from the early 19th century and is constructed of ashlar stone. The tomb features corner balusters and oval inscription panels with paterae in the corners. It has a moulded cornice and a flat top. The inscription reads: "In/ Memory of Thomas Brown late/ of this Parish who departed this Life leaving a Wife and/ seven children to lament the loss the 12 of July/ 1800 aged 57 years."
Local climate
Brown Memorial About 20 Metres North of Apse of Church of St Peter 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 greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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