Kirby Memorial Approximately 14 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Edburg is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 January 1988. Chest tomb.
Kirby Memorial Approximately 14 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Edburg
- WRENN ID
- endless-fireplace-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 January 1988
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 582 222
- Coordinates
- 51.89589, -1.15442
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Kirby Memorial, located approximately 14 meters south of the tower of the Church of St. Edburg, is a chest tomb dating from around 1818. It is made of marlstone and features a rectangular shape with a moulded base and cover. The tomb has moulded angle strips and inscription panels, and it is topped with a large gadrooned urn. The inscriptions commemorate members of the Kirby family and still show some black colouring with gilt lettering.
Local climate
Kirby Memorial Approximately 14 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Edburg 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 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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