Pair of Chest Tombs About 2 Yards East of the East Window of the Chancel of the Church of St Michael and All Angels is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 October 1986. Chest tomb.
Pair of Chest Tombs About 2 Yards East of the East Window of the Chancel of the Church of St Michael and All Angels
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-cupola-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 October 1986
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 443 391
- Coordinates
- 52.04753, -2.81326
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This description refers to a pair of chest tombs located about 2 yards east of the east window of the chancel of the Church of St Michael and All Angels. The southern tomb is dated 1779, while the northern tomb is dated 1820. Both tombs are made of sandstone ashlar and feature moulded bases and flat inscribed cappings with moulded edges. They have corner balusters adorned with foliated decoration and plain rectangular side panels that are recessed behind moulded margins. Each east panel has a garland that encloses an achievement. The southern tomb is inscribed to Moore Green, who died in 1779, and the northern tomb is inscribed to John Moore Green, who died in 1820.
Local climate
Pair of Chest Tombs About 2 Yards East of the East Window of the Chancel of the Church of St Michael and All Angels 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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