Group of Four Chest Tombs Between South Wall of Nave of the Church of St Dubricius and Path Leading to South Porch is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 March 1987. Tomb.
Group of Four Chest Tombs Between South Wall of Nave of the Church of St Dubricius and Path Leading to South Porch
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-transept-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 March 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Group of Four Chest Tombs Between South Wall of Nave of the Church of St Dubricius and Path Leading to South Porch, Ballingham
- OS grid reference
- SO 576 316
- Coordinates
- 51.98163, -2.61865
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This listing describes a group of four chest tombs located between the south wall of the nave of the Church of St Dubricius and the path leading to the south porch.
The first tomb is for a person named Powell, who died in 1798. It is made of sandstone ashlar and features a moulded base, hipped moulded capping, through balusters to the end panels, and incised margins with quadrant corners on the side panels.
The second tomb is for Philip Winstone, who died in 1774. This tomb is also made of sandstone ashlar and includes a moulded base, hipped moulded capping, bulbous end panels with fluted friezes and medallions from swags, and raised margins with quadrant corners and paterae on the side panels.
The third tomb is for Thomas Powell, who died in 1811. It is constructed from sandstone ashlar and has a deep moulded base, hipped moulded capping with a flat ridge, corner balusters, incised oval margins on the panels, and paterae on the sides.
The fourth tomb is for Thomas Churchman, who died in 1798. This tomb is made of sandstone ashlar and features a moulded base, deep moulded flat capping, corner balusters, quadrant corners to the incised margins of the side panels, and incised oval margins on the end panels.
Local climate
Group of Four Chest Tombs Between South Wall of Nave of the Church of St Dubricius and Path Leading to South Porch 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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