Chest Tomb Approximately 2 Metres South of Nave and 6 Metres East of South Porch of Church of St Lawrence is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1987. Funerary monument.
Chest Tomb Approximately 2 Metres South of Nave and 6 Metres East of South Porch of Church of St Lawrence
- WRENN ID
- pitched-step-amber
- 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
- Funerary monument
- OS grid reference
- SP 494 054
- Coordinates
- 51.74579, -1.28456
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located approximately 2 meters south of the nave and 6 meters east of the south porch of the Church of St. Lawrence, dates from the late 18th century to the early 19th century. It is made of limestone and features a moulded plinth and cornice, along with panelled sides.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 2 Metres South of Nave and 6 Metres East of South Porch of Church of St Lawrence 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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