Pair of Chest Tombs About 3 Yards South of the South Aisle of the Church of St Cuthbert is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1987. Tomb.
Pair of Chest Tombs About 3 Yards South of the South Aisle of the Church of St Cuthbert
- WRENN ID
- mired-alcove-wax
- 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
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 568 347
- Coordinates
- 52.00931, -2.62991
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of chest tombs located about 3 yards south of the south aisle of the Church of St Cuthbert. The tombs date from 1790 and 1847, with the latter created by Jennings of Hereford. They are made of sandstone ashlar. The west tomb features a low stepped hipped capping and corner pilasters, each adorned with three superimposed incised quatrefoils on either side of the side panels, which have quadrant corners. The east tomb also has a low hipped capping and corner balusters decorated with acanthus motifs. Both tombs have inscription panels with incised margins and quadrant corners. The west tomb is dedicated to Ann Prince, who died in 1790, while the east tomb is for Richard Prince, who died in 1847.
Local climate
Pair of Chest Tombs About 3 Yards South of the South Aisle of the Church of St Cuthbert receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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