Nathaniel Brassey Tomb in St Marys Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. Tomb.
Nathaniel Brassey Tomb in St Marys Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- stranded-stone-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Nathaniel Brassey Tomb in St Marys Churchyard, St Marys Lane, Hertford
- OS grid reference
- TL 308 119
- Coordinates
- 51.7909, -0.10347
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Nathaniel Brassey Tomb is located in St Mary's Churchyard in Hertford and dates from 1798. It is a chest tomb made of Portland stone, set on a two-stepped base. The tomb features corner pilasters that are intricately carved with swags and ribbons, while the sides have raised and fielded panels. Long panels are inscribed, and there is a frieze with a roll moulded top. Atop the chest tomb is a tapered sarcophagus resting on claw feet, which has panelled sides, two of which are adorned with carved armorial bearings. The sarcophagus has a scroll moulded top that rises to a domed finial.
Local climate
Nathaniel Brassey Tomb in St Marys Churchyard sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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