Chest Tomb Approximately 3 Metres West of Tower, Church of All Saints is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 October 1988. Tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 3 Metres West of Tower, Church of All Saints
- WRENN ID
- floating-brass-raven
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 October 1988
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 609 339
- Coordinates
- 52.00103, -1.11417
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dating from the 17th century, is located approximately 3 meters west of the tower at the Church of All Saints. It is made of ironstone and features boldly carved, panelled sides along with a heavy moulded and chamfered ledger slab. The inscription on the tomb is illegible.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 3 Metres West of Tower, Church of All Saints 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 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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