Group of 3 Chest Tombs Approximately 16 Metres South of Transept of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1988. Tomb.
Group of 3 Chest Tombs Approximately 16 Metres South of Transept of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- waning-basalt-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 February 1988
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 497 147
- Coordinates
- 51.82944, -1.27971
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of three chest tombs located approximately 16 meters south of the south transept of the Church of St. Mary. The tombs date from the early 19th century and the mid-18th century and are made of limestone. The tomb to the northeast features a moulded plinth and cornice with black-letter inscriptions, commemorating Mary Hutt, who died in 1826, and William Hutt, who died in 1832. A similar tomb to the southeast commemorates Charles Rowles, who died in 1818. The tomb to the northwest is plain but has a moulded cornice and is dated 1761.
Local climate
Group of 3 Chest Tombs Approximately 16 Metres South of Transept of 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 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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