Messenger Memorial Approximately 18 Metres South 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.
Messenger Memorial Approximately 18 Metres South of South Transept of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- last-wall-acorn
- 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 470 353
- Coordinates
- 52.0146, -1.31513
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Messenger Memorial is a chest tomb located approximately 18 meters south of the south transept of the Church of St. Mary in Adderbury. It dates from around 1764 and is made of marlstone. The tomb has a rectangular shape with a moulded base and cover, featuring square recessed corner balusters. The inscription panels are carved with Rococo details in very shallow relief, commemorating Benjamin Messenger, who died in 1764.
Local climate
Messenger Memorial Approximately 18 Metres South 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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