Faringdon Tomb Approximately 3 Metres to West of St Michael's Church is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 November 1990. Monument.
Faringdon Tomb Approximately 3 Metres to West of St Michael's Church
- WRENN ID
- gentle-buttress-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 November 1990
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SU 262 985
- Coordinates
- 51.68509, -1.62139
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Faringdon Tomb, located approximately 3 meters to the west of St Michael's Church, is a monument dedicated to Jane Allen, who died in 1920, and her husband Alexander, Baron Faringdon, who died in 1934. This tomb was created between 1920 and 1921 and features a large free-standing bronze cast of a sorrowing female figure dressed in Italian Renaissance style, adorned with flowing Art Nouveau drapery. The sculpture is signed at the base by George Frampton, a Royal Academician, and dated 1920. The figure stands at the head of three marble slabs, with the central slab raised and bevelled, displaying a copper coat of arms and inscriptions. The figure's head is bowed as she offers a wreath, while the right-hand slab is marked with the initials 'GF' and dated 1921.
Local climate
Faringdon Tomb Approximately 3 Metres to West of St Michael's Church receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer 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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