Pair of Chest Tombs and Surrounding Railings About 10 Yards South of the Easternmost Window 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. A C19 Tomb.
Pair of Chest Tombs and Surrounding Railings About 10 Yards South of the Easternmost Window of the South Aisle of the Church of St Cuthbert
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-gargoyle-laurel
- 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
- 52.00926, -2.62985
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This pair of chest tombs and their surrounding railings are located about 10 yards south of the easternmost window of the south aisle of the Church of St Cuthbert. They were likely created around 1835 and are made of sandstone ashlar and cast iron. The tombs have a simple design, featuring moulded bases and low hipped cappings. The southern tomb is dedicated to Elizabeth Smith Edwards, who died in 1827, while the inscription on the northern tomb is illegible. The railings surrounding the tombs stand about five feet high and consist of diagonally set bars with square corner posts topped with urn-finials.
Local climate
Pair of Chest Tombs and Surrounding Railings About 10 Yards South of the Easternmost Window 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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