Row of 6 Chest Tombs Along the Wall Approximately 28 Metres to 10 Metres West of Portico, 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.
Row of 6 Chest Tombs Along the Wall Approximately 28 Metres to 10 Metres West of Portico, Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- brooding-landing-sorrel
- 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 453 405
- Coordinates
- 52.06135, -1.33962
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
There is a row of six chest tombs dating from the 18th century, located along the wall approximately 28 meters to 10 meters west of the portico of the Church of St. Mary. These tombs are made of ironstone and most feature panelled sides, corner balusters, and moulded ledger slabs. The chest tomb closest to the road has an inscription that reads: 'Sacred to the memory of William Golby who died June 5th 1741 aged 37 years and of Ann his wife who died June 1750 aged 62 years.' The fifth tomb from the road bears an inscription in memory of John Gun, who died on June 16th, 1797, aged 69. This group of six chest tombs is prominently situated to the right of the main path leading to the church.
Local climate
Row of 6 Chest Tombs Along the Wall Approximately 28 Metres to 10 Metres West of Portico, 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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