Group of 2 Chest Tombs Dated 1820 and 1772 Approximately 5 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 August 1988. Chest tomb.
Group of 2 Chest Tombs Dated 1820 and 1772 Approximately 5 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- swift-flint-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1988
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 523 316
- Coordinates
- 51.9812, -1.23969
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This listing describes a group of two chest tombs located approximately 5 meters south of the chancel at the Church of St. Mary. The northern tomb is dated 1802 and is made of ironstone, featuring an inscription to John Hill. It has plain sides with moulded, chamfered ledger slabs. The southern tomb is dated 1772, also made of ironstone, with an inscription to William Hill. This tomb includes balusters at the corners and moulded, chamfered ledger slabs.
Local climate
Group of 2 Chest Tombs Dated 1820 and 1772 Approximately 5 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St Mary sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% 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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