Benjamin Ferrior Tomb, Church of Saint Bridget is a Grade II listed building in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 23 February 1998. Tomb.
Benjamin Ferrior Tomb, Church of Saint Bridget
- WRENN ID
- ghost-buttress-khaki
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
- Constituency
- Mid and South Pembrokeshire MP: Henry Tufnell (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 23 February 1998
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Benjamin Ferrior Tomb, Church of Saint Bridget, St Brides, Haverfordwest, Marloes and St. Brides
- OS grid reference
- SM 802 108
- Coordinates
- 51.7531, -5.18529
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The tomb of Benjamin Ferrior is a table tomb located at the Church of Saint Bridget. It is constructed from grey ashlar with slate sides. The base is made of ashlar and features battered sides, which are supported by battered stone corner piers that are decorated with an anthemion-type relief motif. The slate sides and ends are trapezoidal in shape and bear an inscription dedicated to Benjamin Ferrior Esq, who was formerly of Pearson, and the Rev. Robert Ferrior, also of Pearson. There is a plaque at the rear commemorating Richard Ferrior, who died in 1863. The tomb is topped with a heavy slab that has a leaf cornice and a ridged capstone, both made of ashlar.
Local climate
Benjamin Ferrior Tomb, Church of Saint Bridget sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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