Chest Tomb Approximately 20 Metres North East of Chancel of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1987. Tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 20 Metres North East of Chancel of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- knotted-trefoil-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Constituency
- Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 461 041
- Coordinates
- 51.73423, -1.33284
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dating from the late 17th century, is located approximately 20 meters northeast of the chancel of the Church of St. Michael on Cumnor High Street. It is made of limestone and features a splayed plinth and a cyma-moulded cornice. Slate lozenges are set into the sides, which bear inscriptions. The tomb commemorates Lieutenant William Godfry, who died in 1694 and was a devoted Royalist. One inscription reads, "Here lyeth ye Body of Lieutenant Willi/am Godfry who faithfully served King Charles ye lst/from Edgehill Fight/to ye end of ye/unhappy/wars."
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 20 Metres North East of Chancel of Church of St Michael 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 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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