King Memorial Approximately 10 Metres North of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1987. Chest tomb.
King Memorial Approximately 10 Metres North of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- far-pilaster-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1987
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 602 194
- Coordinates
- 51.87027, -1.12573
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The King memorial, located approximately 10 metres north of the Church of St. Mary, is a chest tomb dating from around 1809. It is made of limestone and features a rectangular shape with a moulded base and cover, along with rectangular corner balusters. The ends of the tomb are adorned with Grecian vases in shallow relief. Inscription panels on the tomb commemorate John King, who died in 1809, and his wife Mary, who died in 1819.
Local climate
King Memorial Approximately 10 Metres North 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 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% 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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- 4 Monument to Mary King in the Churchyard About 9 Metres South of the South West Buttress of the Tower to the Church of St Mary
- 5 King Monument in the Churchyard, About 13 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Margaret of Antioch
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