5 Monuments on South of Parish Church of St James the Great is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 April 1985. Monuments.
5 Monuments on South of Parish Church of St James the Great
- WRENN ID
- tenth-cinder-summer
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 April 1985
- Type
- Monuments
- Address
- 5 Monuments on South of Parish Church of St James the Great, Church Lane, Thorley
- OS grid reference
- TL 475 188
- Coordinates
- 51.84855, 0.14131
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
There are five monuments located to the south of the Parish Church of St James the Great in Thorley village. These monuments date from 1717, 1750, around 1750, around 1840, and 1909. They form a group of stone monuments against the south wall of the church.
Two 18th-century headstones have shaped tops and are carved with skulls in relief, commemorating John Flack from 1717 and Robert Flack from 1750. A contemporary stone with a shaped top, placed three yards to the south along the path, was set up by a landlord to draw attention to the previous two stones.
There is a square gabled pillar that serves as the Frere family monument, dating from around 1840, which features a colored coat of arms and an inset bronze oval panel depicting Christ crucified on an anchor. This design is said to have been copied from a monument seen in France, as noted in the East Hertfordshire Archaeological Society Transactions from 1899.
Additionally, a tall tapering rough stone stele, located ten yards south of the church tower, has a rectangular bronze panel with Christ crucified on an anchor, dedicated to Esther Frere from 1909, and is likely designed by Eustace Frere.
Local climate
5 Monuments on South of Parish Church of St James the Great 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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