Group of Four Chest Tombs Approximately 1 Metre South of Chancel of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1985. Chest tombs.
Group of Four Chest Tombs Approximately 1 Metre South of Chancel of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- vacant-rafter-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 October 1985
- Type
- Chest tombs
- OS grid reference
- SO 558 380
- Coordinates
- 52.03867, -2.64441
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of four chest tombs located approximately 1 meter south of the chancel of the Church of St Andrew. They date from the late 18th century and early 19th century and are made of sandstone ashlar. Each tomb has a rectangular plan, featuring a moulded plinth and capping, with balusters on either side of fielded inscription panels. One of the tombs is from the late 18th century and has a scalloped base with concave short sides.
Local climate
Group of Four Chest Tombs Approximately 1 Metre South of Chancel of St Andrew receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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