Chest Tomb Approximately 5 Metres South of Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1985. Chest tomb.

Chest Tomb Approximately 5 Metres South of Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

WRENN ID
endless-minaret-birch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Oxfordshire
Constituency
Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 June 1985
Type
Chest tomb
OS grid reference
SP 562 112
Coordinates
51.79714, -1.18606
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This chest tomb, located approximately 5 meters south of the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, dates from the early 17th century and is made of limestone. It features a plain rectangular shape with a deep overhanging lid that has a chamfered soffit. The inscription on one end is now largely illegible.

Local climate

Chest Tomb Approximately 5 Metres South of Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin 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 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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