Chest Tomb Approximately 25 Metres South East of South Porch of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 April 1987. Tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 25 Metres South East of South Porch of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- unlit-vault-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 April 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SU 687 956
- Coordinates
- 51.65568, -1.00752
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located approximately 25 meters southeast of the south porch of the Church of St. Mary, is a memorial to William Nash, who died in 1780. It is made of limestone and features a moulded plinth and top, along with fielded inscription panels, one of which includes an elegy.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 25 Metres South East of South Porch of Church of St Mary 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 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% 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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- 1 Nash Tomb Approximately 12 Metres to South West of South Aisle of Church of St Laurence
- 2 Nash Monument in the Churchyard, About 15 Metres South of South East Corner of South Transept, Church of St Mary
- 3 Group of 3 Chest Tombs to the Nash Family Approximately 10 Metres South East of the Chancel St Mary's Church Buscot
- 4 Nash Monument About 3 Yards North West of West Porch of the Former Church of St John the Baptist
- 5 Chest Tomb Approximately 2 Metres North of North Transept of Church of St Mary
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