Hurd Memorial About 5 Metres North of North Aisle of Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1985. Chest tomb.
Hurd Memorial About 5 Metres North of North Aisle of Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- silent-bastion-barley
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wychavon
- Constituency
- Droitwich and Evesham MP: Nigel Huddleston (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1985
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 840 709
- Coordinates
- 52.33596, -2.23501
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hurd Memorial is a chest tomb located about 5 metres north of the north aisle of the Church of St James in Hartlebury. It dates from the early 19th century and is constructed of ashlar in the Gothick style. The tomb features a flat top with a carved bishop's mitre, complete with tassels and a crozier in low relief. It has a moulded cornice and Gothick panels on the frieze, with projecting corners that include trefoil-headed panels. The long sides of the tomb have two recessed panels with ogee-trefoil heads, and arms capped by swags of drapery between the panels. The west end of the tomb is inscribed with "Richard Hurd/ Bishop of Worcester/ Died XXVIII May/ MDCCCVIII/ Aged LXXXVIII".
Local climate
Hurd Memorial About 5 Metres North of North Aisle of Church of St James receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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