Chest Tomb Approximately 6 Metres South of South Chapel of Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1987. Tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 6 Metres South of South Chapel of Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- salt-panel-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 July 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SU 407 980
- Coordinates
- 51.68015, -1.41234
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located approximately 6 meters south of the south chapel of the Church of St. John the Baptist, dates from the early 19th century and is made of limestone. It features plain corner balusters and a raised apron with guttae beneath an entablature that has deep cavetto moulding and a winged cherub's head. The elevations are similar on all sides. The tomb is a memorial to Elizabeth-Anne, the wife of J.S.B. Barrett, who was a surgeon in the area and passed away in 1831.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 6 Metres South of South Chapel of Church of St John the Baptist 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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- 2 Chest Tomb Approximately 16 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St John the Baptist
- 3 Chest Tomb About 4 Yards North-West of the Nave of the Church of St John the Baptist
- 4 Barrett Memorial Approximately 8 Metres South East of Chancel of Church of St Mary
- 5 Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard About 13 Metres South of Church of St John the Baptist
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