Group of 3 Chest Tombs Approximately 17 Metres East South East of Chancel of Church of St Peter and St Paul is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 May 1988. Chest tombs.
Group of 3 Chest Tombs Approximately 17 Metres East South East of Chancel of Church of St Peter and St Paul
- WRENN ID
- standing-remnant-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 May 1988
- Type
- Chest tombs
- OS grid reference
- SP 468 316
- Coordinates
- 51.98168, -1.31994
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This group of three chest tombs, dating from the early 18th century, is located approximately 17 meters east-south-east of the chancel of the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Deddington. Made of marlstone and designed in the Baroque style, the tombs are rectangular in shape and feature deep moulded covers with baluster corners. The sides are elaborately carved with panels that include wreaths, shields, cornucopiae, and intricate cartouches. While the inscriptions on the tombs are mostly illegible, they do include the dates 1739 and 1761.
Local climate
Group of 3 Chest Tombs Approximately 17 Metres East South East of Chancel of Church of St Peter and St Paul 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 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% 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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