Thorn Chest Tomb Approximately 5 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 14 February 1986. Tomb.
Thorn Chest Tomb Approximately 5 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- western-hearth-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 February 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 454 405
- Coordinates
- 52.06148, -1.33864
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thorn chest tomb, located approximately 5 meters east of the chancel of the Church of St. Mary, dates from the 18th century and is constructed from ironstone. It features plain sides and a moulded ledger slab. The inscription is partially legible and reads: "In memory of Samuel Thorn who died 176? ....".
Local climate
Thorn Chest Tomb Approximately 5 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 66% 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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