Edmund Cheese Memorial, Approximately 3 Metres North of North West Corner 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.
Edmund Cheese Memorial, Approximately 3 Metres North of North West Corner of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- outer-flint-pine
- 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
- 52.20459, -3.03879
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Edmund Cheese memorial, dating from around 1812, is located approximately 3 meters north of the northwest corner of the Church of St Mary in Kington. This memorial is made of sandstone and features a rectangular urn topped with a coved and fluted lid. It is set on a stepped plinth, which was formerly surrounded by a railing. The memorial commemorates Edmund Cheese of Ridgebourne, Kington, who passed away in 1812, along with his family.
Local climate
Edmund Cheese Memorial, Approximately 3 Metres North of North West Corner 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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