Chest Tomb to William Hains, Dated 1717, Approximately 8 Metres South of Porch of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 November 1985. Tomb.
Chest Tomb to William Hains, Dated 1717, Approximately 8 Metres South of Porch of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- rough-rotunda-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 November 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 418 383
- Coordinates
- 52.04156, -1.39127
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dedicated to William Hains, dates from 1717 and is located approximately 8 meters south of the porch of the Church of St. Mary. It is made of ironstone and features a moulded chamfered ledger slab. The sides are panelled with balusters, and there is an inscription in a plain panel that reads: "In memory of William Hains the son of John Hains who died May 3rd 1717, aged 49 years."
Local climate
Chest Tomb to William Hains, Dated 1717, Approximately 8 Metres South of Porch of Church of St Mary receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% 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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