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
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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