Chest Tomb Approximately 6 Metres North of Chancel and 11 Metres East North East of North Porch of Church of St Peter and St Paul is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 June 1988. Tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 6 Metres North of Chancel and 11 Metres East North East of North Porch of Church of St Peter and St Paul
- WRENN ID
- dusk-plaster-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 June 1988
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 425 128
- Coordinates
- 51.8127, -1.3836
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dating from the mid-18th century, is located approximately 6 meters north of the chancel and 11 meters east-northeast of the north porch of the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Hanborough. It is made of limestone and features a moulded plinth and cornice, wide corner balusters, and a skull carved into the end panel, along with a shaped top. The tomb commemorates Ralph Reade.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 6 Metres North of Chancel and 11 Metres East North East of North Porch of Church of St Peter and St Paul receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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