Building Name

Venn's Arch, Commercial Road, Hereford

Date
1881
Street
Commercial Road
District/Town
Hereford
County/Country
Herefordshire, England
Work
New build
Listed
Grade II

“A pretty Jacobethan archway by E.H. Lingen Barker, 1881, an entrance to St. Peter’s Cemetery erected in memory of Emelia, sister of the Rev. John Venn; it looks ancient, so badly has its red sandstone weathered.” (Brooks & Pevsner 2012) 

Emelia Venn worked actively with the church and aided Hereford’s poor with her brother Reverend John Venn. On the death of Reverend John Venn in 1890, the archway was re-dedicated with a plaque placed on the archway to commemorate his passing