Church of St Nicholas, Chest Tomb Approximately 5 Metres East is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 February 1985. Tomb.
Church of St Nicholas, Chest Tomb Approximately 5 Metres East
- WRENN ID
- buried-pediment-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 February 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SU 726 823
- Coordinates
- 51.53512, -0.95371
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The chest tomb located approximately 5 metres east of the Church of St Nicholas in Rotherfield Greys dates from around 1795. It is made of limestone and features a rectangular shape with a flat top. Each side of the tomb has oval panels that are adorned with reeded fluting.
Local climate
Church of St Nicholas, Chest Tomb Approximately 5 Metres East 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 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% 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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