Donne Monument About 10 Yards South-East of the South Porch of the Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 April 1986. Tomb.
Donne Monument About 10 Yards South-East of the South Porch of the Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- muted-wall-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 April 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 521 254
- Coordinates
- 51.92591, -2.69731
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Donne Monument is a chest tomb located about 10 yards southeast of the south porch of the Church of St Michael. It commemorates Thomas Donne, who died in 1768. The tomb is made of finely cut red sandstone and features a flat moulded capping and a moulded base. The side panels are adorned with raised egg-and-dart margins and eared corners that enclose paterae. The end panels also have similar margins, each containing a cartouche.
Local climate
Donne Monument About 10 Yards South-East of the South Porch of the Church of St Michael receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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