Hugh Gwalter Memorial, Approximately 5 Metres North of Chancel of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 December 1993. Memorial.
Hugh Gwalter Memorial, Approximately 5 Metres North of Chancel of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- mired-alcove-dew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 December 1993
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- SO 291 567
- Coordinates
- 52.20464, -3.03822
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hugh Gwalter Memorial, located approximately 5 metres north of the chancel of the Church of St Mary, is a memorial dating from around 1842. It is made of sandstone and features a rectangular tomb set on a simple plinth, which was formerly surrounded by railings. The memorial includes a moulded lid and bands, decorative rosettes, an urn, and cartouches. It commemorates Hugh Gwalter, who died in 1842, and his wife Bridget, who passed away in 1847. The memorial was formerly colour-washed.
Local climate
Hugh Gwalter Memorial, Approximately 5 Metres North of Chancel of Church of St Mary receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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