Pritchard Monument About 25 Yards South of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1984. A C19 Chest tomb.
Pritchard Monument About 25 Yards South of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- seventh-barrel-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 November 1984
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 316 341
- Coordinates
- 52.00186, -2.99666
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Pritchard Monument, located about 25 yards south of the Church of St Michael, is a chest tomb dedicated to Benjamin Pritchard, who died in 1811. It is made of sandstone and features a moulded plinth and cornice, along with a low hipped capping. The tomb has raised inscription panels that are flanked by husk-drops. Additionally, there are bold flat corner balusters, each adorned with a relief of a palm on its face.
Local climate
Pritchard Monument About 25 Yards South of Church of St Michael 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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