Chest Tomb Approximately 2.5 Metres South West of Porch of Church of St James 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 2.5 Metres South West of Porch of Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- hidden-cellar-dawn
- 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
- SU 521 993
- Coordinates
- 51.69064, -1.24654
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dating from the 17th century, is located approximately 2.5 meters southwest of the porch of the Church of St. James on Radley Church Road. It is made of limestone and features a central recessed moulded panel that displays a worn cherub's head. This central panel is flanked by two relief-carved Tudor roses, which are set within recessed roundels. Similar roundels are also present on the sides and rear of the tomb.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 2.5 Metres South West of Porch of Church of St James 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 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more 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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