Church of St Michael, Chest Tomb Approximately 7 Metres West of Nave is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1988. Chest tomb.
Church of St Michael, Chest Tomb Approximately 7 Metres West of Nave
- WRENN ID
- keen-doorway-wren
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 October 1988
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 416 056
- Coordinates
- 51.74795, -1.39807
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The chest tomb located approximately 7 meters west of the nave of the Church of St. Michael is an early 18th-century structure made of limestone. It features plain and worn inscription panels along with a moulded cornice.
Local climate
Church of St Michael, Chest Tomb Approximately 7 Metres West of Nave 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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