Headstone Approximately 9 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Giles is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1988. Headstone.

Headstone Approximately 9 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Giles

WRENN ID
narrow-gutter-sienna
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cherwell
Constituency
Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 February 1988
Type
Headstone
OS grid reference
SP 506 180
Coordinates
51.85871, -1.26566
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This headstone, dated 1681, is located approximately 9 meters south of the nave of the Church of St. Giles in Bletchingdon. It is made of limestone and features a scrolled top adorned with rosettes on the scrolls and a cherub's head at the center. Festoons flank the inscription.

Local climate

Headstone Approximately 9 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Giles 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 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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