2 Chest Tombs to the Kinch Family Approximately 10 Metres to South of Porch at 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. Tomb.
2 Chest Tombs to the Kinch Family Approximately 10 Metres to South of Porch at St Michael's Church
- WRENN ID
- tired-obsidian-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 November 1990
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SU 262 985
- Coordinates
- 51.68511, -1.62109
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
There are two chest tombs located approximately 10 metres south of the porch at St Michael's Church, dedicated to the Kinch family. One tomb is for Thomas Kinch, who died in 1793, and features bulbous corner balusters. The other tomb is for William Kinch, who died in 1839, and is adorned with free-standing angle columns and Tuscan capitals.
Local climate
2 Chest Tombs to the Kinch Family Approximately 10 Metres to South of Porch at 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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