Group of 4 Chest Tombs 1 Metre to 4 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 May 1988. Chest tombs.
Group of 4 Chest Tombs 1 Metre to 4 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- seventh-casement-barley
- 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 471 353
- Coordinates
- 52.01485, -1.31491
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This group of four chest tombs is located 1 to 4 meters east of the chancel of the Church of St. Mary in Adderbury. They date from the late 17th century to the early 18th century, specifically from 1705, 1721, and the early 18th century. The tombs are made of marlstone and limestone.
The northernmost tomb is a rectangular marlstone chest featuring a deeply-projecting moulded base and cover. It has a small fielded inscription panel on each side, a shield on one end, and on the other end, a drapery surround enclosing the raised legend "WL/1705." The inscriptions are in Latin and honor William, Bishop of Llandaff, who was formerly the Vicar of Adderbury.
Next is a plain marlstone chest with shallow incised panels and a moulded base and cover, likely from the early 18th century, although the inscription on the cover is mostly illegible.
The late 17th-century limestone chest, located 1 meter east of the south-east buttress, features a deep moulded base and cover. One side and one end are decorated with square panels separated by a central baluster in relief, while the other end has an inscription panel that is now illegible.
Finally, to the east is a rectangular marlstone chest with a moulded base and cover, square recessed corner balusters, and fielded inscription panels. The earliest inscription commemorates John Lovesey, who died in 1721.
Local climate
Group of 4 Chest Tombs 1 Metre to 4 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Mary 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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