Chest Tomb to Neale Family Approximately 1 Metre West of South Porch of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1985. A Georgian Monument.
Chest Tomb to Neale Family Approximately 1 Metre West of South Porch of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- silent-plinth-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 August 1985
- Type
- Monument
- Period
- Georgian
- OS grid reference
- SU 634 769
- Coordinates
- 51.48804, -1.08701
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dating from around 1806, is located approximately 1 meter west of the south porch of the Church of St. Mary. It is likely made of Portland stone and is designed in a Neo-classical style. The tomb features a rectangular stone base supported by iron lion's feet, which have canted faces. The corners of the tomb are fluted, and there are inscriptions on the central panels as well as later inscriptions on the sides. The top of the chest tomb is pedimented and adorned with acroteria at the corners.
Local climate
Chest Tomb to Neale Family Approximately 1 Metre West of South Porch of Church of St Mary 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 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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