Nash Monument About 3 Yards North West of West Porch of the Former Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1987. Chest tomb.
Nash Monument About 3 Yards North West of West Porch of the Former Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- plain-rotunda-starling
- 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
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 516 335
- Coordinates
- 51.99801, -2.70544
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Nash Monument, located about 3 yards north-west of the west porch of the former Church of St John the Baptist, is a chest tomb dating from around 1831. It is dedicated to Thomas Nash and is constructed from sandstone ashlar. The monument is aligned north to south and features a moulded base with a hipped stepped moulded capping. It has wide moulded corner balusters and side panels with quadrant corners at the margins, as well as rectangular end panels. An inscription panel is located on the south side.
Local climate
Nash Monument About 3 Yards North West of West Porch of the Former Church of St John the Baptist 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.
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