Chest Tomb Approximately 1 Metre South of Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1985. Tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 1 Metre South of Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- tangled-cobalt-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Oxford
- Constituency
- Oxford East MP: Anneliese Dodds (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 527 088
- Coordinates
- 51.77608, -1.23706
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The chest tomb, dating from the mid-17th century, is located approximately 1 meter south of the Church of St. Nicholas in Old Marston. It is constructed from limestone and features a deep cover with a moulded lower edge, along with moulded panels on one side and one end. There is no remaining inscription, and the stone at the east end is missing.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 1 Metre South of Church of St Nicholas 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 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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