Chest Tomb to Robert Day Approximately 1 Metre South of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 November 1985. Chest tomb.
Chest Tomb to Robert Day Approximately 1 Metre South of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- stony-gargoyle-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 November 1985
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SU 646 913
- Coordinates
- 51.61768, -1.06743
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dating from around 1798, is located approximately 1 meter south of the Church of St. Mary in Ewelme. It is made of stone and has a rectangular shape, featuring two panels on each side. The end of the tomb is adorned with a carved panel that includes a rectangular inscribed area surrounded by a wreathed design, topped with a winged head. The tomb has a flat top with a moulded edge.
Local climate
Chest Tomb to Robert Day Approximately 1 Metre South of Church of St Mary 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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