Gihon Memorial and Railings Approximately 5 Metres East of Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 1986. Memorial.
Gihon Memorial and Railings Approximately 5 Metres East of Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- lunar-dormer-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 August 1986
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- SU 561 991
- Coordinates
- 51.68788, -1.18881
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Gihon Memorial, located approximately 5 meters east of the Church of St. Peter, is a churchyard memorial from the early 19th century. It is made of limestone and features a stone urn with a gadrooned bowl, which stands on a large square pedestal that has a moulded cap and base, along with panelled sides. A slate tablet on the front panel commemorates William Gihon, who died in 1832. The memorial is enclosed by contemporary cast-iron railings.
Local climate
Gihon Memorial and Railings Approximately 5 Metres East of Church of St Peter 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 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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