Church of St Bartholomew, Chest Tomb Approximately 1.7 Metres East of South Porch is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 April 1987. Chest tomb.
Church of St Bartholomew, Chest Tomb Approximately 1.7 Metres East of South Porch
- WRENN ID
- grey-ledge-foxglove
- 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
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SU 653 949
- Coordinates
- 51.64994, -1.05723
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The chest tomb, located approximately 1.7 meters east of the south porch of the Church of St. Bartholomew, dates from around 1790. It is made of limestone and features a moulded plinth and top, along with reeded corner pilasters and pilaster strips.
Local climate
Church of St Bartholomew, Chest Tomb Approximately 1.7 Metres East of South Porch sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% 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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