Pair of Set of Head and Foot Stones Approximately 4 Metres North West of Nave of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1986. Monument.
Pair of Set of Head and Foot Stones Approximately 4 Metres North West of Nave of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- lost-cobalt-gold
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 January 1986
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SU 583 870
- Coordinates
- 51.57888, -1.1594
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of head and foot stones located approximately 4 meters northwest of the nave of the Church of Saint Mary. They date from around 1696 and are made of stone. The stones feature a scrolled pediment-shaped top and have recessed inscribed panels, though the inscriptions are illegible.
Local climate
Pair of Set of Head and Foot Stones Approximately 4 Metres North West of Nave 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 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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