Chest Tomb with Corner Balusters Approximately 15 Metres West of Church of St Dubricius is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 1985. Tomb.
Chest Tomb with Corner Balusters Approximately 15 Metres West of Church of St Dubricius
- WRENN ID
- salt-pinnacle-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 July 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 555 174
- Coordinates
- 51.85413, -2.64617
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb dating from the early 19th century, located approximately 15 meters west of the Church of St Dubricius in Whitchurch. It is made of sandstone ashlar and has a rectangular plan. The tomb features a moulded plinth and capping, with plain balusters on either side of a central shaped inscription panel. The inscription is largely illegible.
Local climate
Chest Tomb with Corner Balusters Approximately 15 Metres West of Church of St Dubricius receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% 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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