Spencer Memorial Approximately 14 Metres South East of South Transept of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 May 1988. Chest tomb.
Spencer Memorial Approximately 14 Metres South East of South Transept of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- watchful-rubble-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 May 1988
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 471 353
- Coordinates
- 52.0146, -1.31499
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Spencer Memorial is a chest tomb located approximately 14 meters southeast of the south transept of the Church of St. Mary in Adderbury. It dates from around 1716 and is made of marlstone. The tomb is rectangular in shape, featuring a moulded base and cover. It has raised shield-shaped inscription panels at both ends, and on each side, there are similar panels that flank swelling oval panels with keyed raised borders. The main inscription commemorates Richard Spencer, who is believed to have died in 1716.
Local climate
Spencer Memorial Approximately 14 Metres South East of South Transept of 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 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% 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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