Church of St Olave Group of 2 Headstones Approximately 4 Metres to North East of Churchyard Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1988. Headstones.
Church of St Olave Group of 2 Headstones Approximately 4 Metres to North East of Churchyard Cross
- WRENN ID
- leaning-obsidian-claret
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 February 1988
- Type
- Headstones
- OS grid reference
- SP 524 292
- Coordinates
- 51.95965, -1.23791
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St. Olave features a group of two headstones located approximately 4 meters to the northeast of the churchyard cross. The headstones date from around 1628 and 1668 and are made of limestone and marlstone. The earlier headstone, on the left, is crafted from limestone and has a shallow shield-shaped inscription panel that includes the date 1628. The back of this stone is decorated with a shell pattern and the initials "I.A." The later headstone, designed in Baroque style, has a limestone top adorned with a winged cherub supporting swags, and a marlstone lower section that features an inscription panel between carved drops, commemorating Robert Kilby, who died in 1668.
Local climate
Church of St Olave Group of 2 Headstones Approximately 4 Metres to North East of Churchyard Cross 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 71% 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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