Chest Tomb Dated 1673 Approximately 1 Metre East of Chancel of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 November 1985. Chest tomb.
Chest Tomb Dated 1673 Approximately 1 Metre East of Chancel of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- gentle-porch-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 November 1985
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 432 326
- Coordinates
- 51.99036, -1.37107
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dated 1673, is located approximately 1 meter east of the chancel of the Church of St. Michael in Barford St. Michael. It is a 17th-century structure made of ironstone. The sides of the tomb are boldly carved with floral decorations surrounding a central wreath that bears the inscription: "Here lyeth the body of May the wife of John Nicholls who departed this life the 26 of December Anno 1673." The ends of the tomb feature scallop decorations and a wreath, and it has a moulded and chamfered ledger slab.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Dated 1673 Approximately 1 Metre East of Chancel of Church of St Michael receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% 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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