Herkomer Monument About 20 Metres North of Tower of Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the Hertsmere local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1985. Tomb.
Herkomer Monument About 20 Metres North of Tower of Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- rooted-basalt-sepia
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hertsmere
- Constituency
- Hertsmere MP: Sir Oliver Dowden (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 August 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- TQ 130 952
- Coordinates
- 51.6446, -0.36816
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Herkomer Monument is a chest tomb located about 20 meters north of the tower of the Church of St. James in Bushey. It commemorates Sir Hubert von Herkomer, who died in 1914, his wife Lulu, who died in 1885, and Lorenz Herkomer, who died in 1888. The faculty for the tomb was granted in 1887, and it is probably designed by Herkomer himself. The monument is made of Bavarian tufa and features copper panels. It has two steps leading up to the base and engaged shafts at the corners. The long sides are adorned with roll-moulded segmental arches that create recesses for inscribed copper panels, while the short sides have blank round-headed arches. The tomb is topped with a moulded cornice and a shallow pyramidal top.
Local climate
Herkomer Monument About 20 Metres North of Tower of Church of St James 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 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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