Headstone Approximately 3 Metres South of South Transept of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1986. Headstone.
Headstone Approximately 3 Metres South of South Transept of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- far-transept-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 January 1986
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SU 583 869
- Coordinates
- 51.57872, -1.15886
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a late 17th-century headstone located approximately 3 meters south of the south transept of the Church of St Mary. It is made of stone and features a heart shape with a winged head above a segmental top. The headstone is included for its group value with the church.
Local climate
Headstone Approximately 3 Metres South of South Transept of Church of St Mary sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% 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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