Church of St Mary, Chest Tomb to John Taylor Approximately 1 Metre South of Chancel is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 1987. Chest tomb.
Church of St Mary, Chest Tomb to John Taylor Approximately 1 Metre South of Chancel
- WRENN ID
- gentle-eave-wagtail
- 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
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SU 696 995
- Coordinates
- 51.69065, -0.99366
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The chest tomb, dated around 1799 according to the inscription, is located approximately 1 meter south of the chancel of the Church of St. Mary in Adwell. It is made of stone and features a moulded base. The sides of the tomb have two fielded panels, while each end has a single fielded panel. The corners are adorned with baluster-moulding, and the top has a moulded edge.
Local climate
Church of St Mary, Chest Tomb to John Taylor Approximately 1 Metre South of Chancel 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 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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