Chest Tomb to Day Family and Headstones to Barton and Sarah Day Approximately 19 Metres South East of Chancel of Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1986. Tomb, headstones.
Chest Tomb to Day Family and Headstones to Barton and Sarah Day Approximately 19 Metres South East of Chancel of Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- wild-outpost-ochre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 January 1986
- Type
- Tomb, headstones
- OS grid reference
- SU 599 835
- Coordinates
- 51.54805, -1.13714
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The chest tomb and two headstones are located approximately 19 meters southeast of the chancel of the Church of St. Andrew. They date from around 1740 and are made of stone. The chest tomb is rectangular with a moulded base and features two fielded inscribed panels on each side, along with single panels on each end. The top edge has a moulding.
The headstone for Barton Day, dated around 1743, has an inscribed shaped panel with rolled edges and a winged head surrounded by a rococo design at the top. The inscription reads, "Here Lieth the Body of Barton Day, he dyd April ye 24th 1743 Aged 81 years."
The headstone for Sarah Day, dated around 1731, features an inscribed shield-shaped panel adorned with floral garlands on the sides and a winged head at the top. The inscription states, "Here lyeth the body of Sarah, the Wife of Barton Day, whoe died Nov ye 8 1731 Aged 67 years."
Local climate
Chest Tomb to Day Family and Headstones to Barton and Sarah Day Approximately 19 Metres South East of Chancel of Church of St Andrew 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 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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