Chest Tombs Dated 1829, Approximately 30 Metres South East of Chancel, Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1988. Tomb.
Chest Tombs Dated 1829, Approximately 30 Metres South East of Chancel, Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- leaning-doorway-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 February 1988
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 469 466
- Coordinates
- 52.11616, -1.31599
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The chest tombs, made of limestone and dated 1829, are located approximately 30 meters southeast of the chancel of the Church of St Mary the Virgin. They feature panelled walls adorned with Ionic pilasters. One of the tombs has an inscription dedicated to Henry Anker, while the other has panelled walls with quatrefoil decoration in the carriers and a moulded chamfered ledger slab, with an inscription to an unknown Anker.
Local climate
Chest Tombs Dated 1829, Approximately 30 Metres South East of Chancel, Church of St Mary the Virgin 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 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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