Chest Tomb Approximately 3 Metres East of Chancel is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 December 1985. Tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 3 Metres East of Chancel
- WRENN ID
- buried-frieze-reed
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 December 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SU 685 947
- Coordinates
- 51.64749, -1.01134
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dated 1792, is made of limestone ashlar and is located approximately 3 meters east of the chancel of the Church of St. Leonard in Watlington. The tomb features a plain design with a moulded plinth and top. It is included in the listing for its group value.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 3 Metres East of Chancel 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 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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