Tomb Chest of Robert Sherbrooke Adjacent the East Side of Workshops in Former Wood Yard of Oxton Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Newark and Sherwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 May 1986. Tomb chest.

Tomb Chest of Robert Sherbrooke Adjacent the East Side of Workshops in Former Wood Yard of Oxton Hall

WRENN ID
tenth-keep-swallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Newark and Sherwood
Constituency
Sherwood Forest MP: Michelle Welsh (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 May 1986
Type
Tomb chest
Address
Tomb Chest of Robert Sherbrooke Adjacent the East Side of Workshops in Former Wood Yard of Oxton Hall, Blind Lane
OS grid reference
SK 630 516
Coordinates
53.05843, -1.06081
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The tomb chest of Robert Sherbrooke, who died in 1710, is located adjacent to the east side of the workshops in the former wood yard of Oxton Hall. The tomb chest, made of ashlar and cast iron, features a shaped top and has large vase mouldings at each corner. Surrounding the tomb are 18th-century spiked iron railings set on an ashlar plinth. At each corner and in the center of the two longest sides, there are single railings topped with small urns that have small orb finials. The Sherbrooke family had their seat at Oxton Hall, and the tomb was likely erected by a descendant. It is situated in what was probably a Quaker burial ground.

Local climate

Tomb Chest of Robert Sherbrooke Adjacent the East Side of Workshops in Former Wood Yard of Oxton Hall sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% 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 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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