Chest Tomb Approximately 6 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Giles is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1988. Tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 6 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Giles
- WRENN ID
- night-hinge-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 February 1988
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 506 180
- Coordinates
- 51.85888, -1.26557
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dating from the early 19th century, is located approximately 6 meters east of the chancel of the Church of St. Giles in Bletchingdon. Made of limestone, it features a moulded plinth and cornice, along with plain raised panels. Atop the tomb is a gadrooned flaming urn. The tomb commemorates Charlotte Walker, who died in 1803, and her husband Thomas.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 6 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Giles sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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