Chest Tomb to William Whitfield Approximately 8 Metres to North of Chancel of St Giles'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. A Georgian Tomb.
Chest Tomb to William Whitfield Approximately 8 Metres to North of Chancel of St Giles's Church
- WRENN ID
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- 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
- Period
- Georgian
- OS grid reference
- SU 270 934
- Coordinates
- 51.63907, -1.61122
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dating from around 1801, is located approximately 8 meters north of the chancel of St Giles's Church in Great Coxwell. It commemorates William Whitfield, who died in 1801. The tomb is rectangular and made of stone, featuring angle balusters, an oval inscription plaque adorned with garlands, a triglyph frieze, a cornice, and a shaped top.
Local climate
Chest Tomb to William Whitfield Approximately 8 Metres to North of Chancel of St Giles's Church 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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