Chest Tomb Approximately 20 Metres North 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. Tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 20 Metres North of Tower of Church of St Edburg
- WRENN ID
- ghost-solder-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 January 1988
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 582 223
- Coordinates
- 51.89625, -1.15428
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located approximately 20 meters north of the tower of the Church of St. Edburg, dates from the late 18th century and is made of marlstone. It features a rectangular shape with a moulded base and cover, along with rectangular corner balusters and shaped side and end panels. Although the inscriptions on the sides are mostly illegible, they include the date 1771.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 20 Metres North 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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