Church of the Holy Rood, Headstone Approximately 10 Metres to South is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1985. Headstone.

Church of the Holy Rood, Headstone Approximately 10 Metres to South

WRENN ID
stubborn-tin-blackthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Oxfordshire
Constituency
Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 June 1985
Type
Headstone
OS grid reference
SP 534 118
Coordinates
51.80307, -1.22574
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

This is a headstone located approximately 10 meters south of the Church of the Holy Rood, inscribed with the date 1700. It is made of limestone and features a segmental top. The stone is elaborately carved in a baroque style, displaying a cartouche adorned with scrolls, cherubs, and festoons. The inscription commemorates Mary, the wife of Francis (name partially obscured).

Local climate

Church of the Holy Rood, Headstone Approximately 10 Metres to South 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 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • No related consent applications matched
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Church of the Holy Rood Grade I 14 m
  2. Cross Grade I 76 m
  3. The Cottage on the Green Grade II 76 m
  4. Lower Farmhouse Grade II 82 m
  5. Lower Farm Cottage Grade II 115 m
  6. Old Upper Farmhouse Grade II 133 m
  7. Bo Cottage Grade II 140 m
  8. Manor House Grade II* 143 m
  9. Terrace Grade II 1.5 km
  10. The Plough Public House Grade II 1.5 km