Two Chest Tombs Approximately 1 Metre and 2.5 Metres West of North Porch of Church of St Lawrence is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1987. Chest tomb.
Two Chest Tombs Approximately 1 Metre and 2.5 Metres West of North Porch of Church of St Lawrence
- WRENN ID
- stranded-flint-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 July 1987
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 443 015
- Coordinates
- 51.71092, -1.35904
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
There are two chest tombs located approximately 1 metre and 2.5 metres west of the north porch of the Church of St. Lawrence in Appleton. The first tomb, dating from the early 19th century, is made of limestone and has a rectangular shape with splayed corners and low-relief reeding. It features oval inscription panels adorned with acanthus sprays, which still show traces of original colouring in the spandrels. This tomb is a memorial to Elizabeth Nalder, who died in 1825, James Hall, who died in 1813, and James Naiper, who died in 1808.
The second tomb, which dates from the late 18th century and is located about 1 metre west of the north porch, is also made of limestone. It has a simply-moulded plinth and cornice and serves as a memorial to John Nalder, who died in 1773, and his wife Mary, who died in 1809.
Local climate
Two Chest Tombs Approximately 1 Metre and 2.5 Metres West of North Porch of Church of St Lawrence receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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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