Mobse Monument, Approximately 11 Metres South of Southeast Nave Window of Church of St Giles is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 November 1990. Monument.
Mobse Monument, Approximately 11 Metres South of Southeast Nave Window of Church of St Giles
- WRENN ID
- iron-solder-thistle
- 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 270 934
- Coordinates
- 51.63886, -1.61122
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Mobse monument is a chest tomb located approximately 11 metres south of the southeast nave window of the Church of St Giles in Great Coxwell. It dates from around 1794 and is made of stone. The tomb features a rectangular base with a moulded plinth. The chest has recessed corners that contain attached fluted vase balusters. The north and south sides have raised and fielded panels with inscriptions, while the east and west ends display panels with inscribed ovals and a decorative fluted frieze below a moulded list. This monument commemorates William Mobse, whose date of death is unclear, and his wife Elizabeth, who died in 1794.
Local climate
Mobse Monument, Approximately 11 Metres South of Southeast Nave Window of Church of St Giles receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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