Luggar Memorial About 5 Metres North of North Vestry of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 December 1987. Tomb.
Luggar Memorial About 5 Metres North of North Vestry of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- moated-entrance-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 December 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 447 612
- Coordinates
- 52.24707, -2.81135
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Luggar memorial is a chest tomb located about 5 metres north of the north vestry of the Church of St Michael in Kingsland. It dates from the early 19th century and is made of ashlar stone. The tomb features a stepped plinth that supports a chest, which is raised on four pairs of claw feet. The chest has a moulded cornice and a shallow ridged and hipped capping. The east and west faces are adorned with garlands surrounding the illegible inscriptions. The south face is inscribed with "SACRED to the Memory of WILLIAM LUGGAR who died November 24th 1844 Aged 66". The north face reads "SACRED to the Memory of ELIZABETH Wife of William Luggar Junr who died July 30 1830 Aged 43".
Local climate
Luggar Memorial About 5 Metres North of North Vestry of Church of St Michael receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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