Group of Two Monuments About 10 Yards South of the Chancel of the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 1986. Monument.
Group of Two Monuments About 10 Yards South of the Chancel of the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- WRENN ID
- bitter-loft-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 February 1986
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SO 420 387
- Coordinates
- 52.04375, -2.84692
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This description covers a group of two monuments located about 10 yards south of the chancel of the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
The first is a chest tomb for Joseph Bonnor, who died in 1782. It is made of sandstone ashlar and features a flat moulded capping, corner balusters, and fielded side panels with moulded margins. This tomb is situated approximately two yards southeast of the southeast corner of the south aisle.
The second monument is a chest tomb for James Jones, who died in 1825. Also constructed from sandstone ashlar, it has a deep moulded plinth, hipped moulded capping, and corner balusters adorned with acanthus decoration. The side panels of this tomb have incised margins with quadrant corners and are located about 12 yards south of the easternmost south-facing window of the chancel.
Local climate
Group of Two Monuments About 10 Yards South of the Chancel of the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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