Head and Footstone Approximately 3 Metres South of Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 1987. Headstone.
Head and Footstone Approximately 3 Metres South of Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- eastward-attic-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 August 1987
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SP 742 023
- Coordinates
- 51.71512, -0.9269
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The head and footstone, dated 1671, is located approximately 3 meters south of the Church of St. Nicholas in Chinnor. Made of stone, it features shaped tops and has worn inscriptions.
Local climate
Head and Footstone Approximately 3 Metres South of Church of St Nicholas 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 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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