Church of St Mary Magdalen, Chest Tomb Approximately 1.7 Metres South of Porch is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 April 1987. Chest tomb.
Church of St Mary Magdalen, Chest Tomb Approximately 1.7 Metres South of Porch
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-ashlar-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 April 1987
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SU 678 992
- Coordinates
- 51.68805, -1.02031
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The chest tomb located approximately 1.7 meters south of the porch of the Church of St. Mary Magdalen in Stoke Talmage is a Grade II listed structure. It commemorates the Treacher family and is dated 1788 and 1796. The tomb is made of limestone and features a moulded plinth and top, along with moulded corner-balusters that have gadrooned bases. There are two fielded inscription panels on each side, which commemorate Grace Treacher and Richard Pope, as well as two Martha Treachers, who died in 1788 and 1796.
Local climate
Church of St Mary Magdalen, Chest Tomb Approximately 1.7 Metres South of Porch 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 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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