Swell Memorial Approximately 20 Metres East of Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 1986. Memorial.
Swell Memorial Approximately 20 Metres East of Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- crooked-beam-peregrine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 August 1986
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- SU 604 988
- Coordinates
- 51.68477, -1.12731
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Swell Memorial, located approximately 20 metres east of the Church of St John the Baptist, is a chest tomb from the late 18th century. It is made of limestone and features a rectangular shape with a moulded base and lid. The sides are panelled and there are rectangular corner balusters. The inscriptions on the tomb commemorate Henry and Elizabeth Swell and their daughter Ann, who died in 1776, though they are only partly legible.
Local climate
Swell Memorial Approximately 20 Metres East of Church of St John the Baptist 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 80% 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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