Chest Tomb Approximately 38 Metres East of Chancel of Church of Saint Mary is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1986. Tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 38 Metres East of Chancel of Church of Saint Mary
- WRENN ID
- broken-threshold-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 January 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SU 584 870
- Coordinates
- 51.57888, -1.15823
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located approximately 38 meters east of the chancel of the Church of Saint Mary, is likely from the late 18th century. It is made of stone and has a rectangular shape with a single fielded panel on each side and at each end. The corners feature fluting, and it has a shaped top and base. The inscriptions on each panel are illegible, except for a heraldic device on the west-facing panel. This tomb is included for its group value.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 38 Metres East of Chancel of Church of Saint 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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