Pair of Chest Tombs Approximately 2 Metres South West 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. Tomb.
Pair of Chest Tombs Approximately 2 Metres South West of Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- waiting-minaret-raven
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 August 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SU 561 990
- Coordinates
- 51.68774, -1.1892
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of chest tombs located approximately 2 meters southwest of the Church of St. Peter. They date from the late 18th century and are made of limestone. The tombs are rectangular in shape, featuring moulded bases and covers, as well as panelled sides. While the inscriptions on the tombs are mostly obscured, one of them commemorates members of the Barnes family.
Local climate
Pair of Chest Tombs Approximately 2 Metres South West 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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