Eleanor Pyefinch Monument, Approximately 5 Metres South West of Lychgate, 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. Monument.
Eleanor Pyefinch Monument, Approximately 5 Metres South West of Lychgate, Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- plain-balcony-saffron
- 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
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SO 292 567
- Coordinates
- 52.20446, -3.03721
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Eleanor Pyefinch monument is located approximately 5 meters southwest of the lychgate at the Church of St Mary in Kington. This monument, dating from around 1822, is made of ashlar sandstone. It features a plinth and a square tomb with a cornice and a coved capital. The monument commemorates Eleanor Pyefinch, a widow from Presteigne, who passed away in 1822.
Local climate
Eleanor Pyefinch Monument, Approximately 5 Metres South West of Lychgate, 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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