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
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.
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