Mead Monument in Hunsdon Churchyard 12 Metres North of North Porch is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. Monument.
Mead Monument in Hunsdon Churchyard 12 Metres North of North Porch
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-entrance-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- TL 418 127
- Coordinates
- 51.79524, 0.05498
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Mead Monument, located in Hunsdon Churchyard, dates from the mid-18th century. It is made of white freestone and features a grey marble slab. The monument consists of a rectangular tomb chest that is raised on one step and has a wide cavetto plinth. The ends are shaped in a baluster profile, and the sides have raised and fielded panels. The top slab, which projects, has moulded edges and bears an inscription related to the Mead family, although it is now illegible. The monument stands 12 metres north of the north porch of the church.
Local climate
Mead Monument in Hunsdon Churchyard 12 Metres North of North Porch sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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