Chest Tomb About 10 Yards East of South East End of South Aisle of St Marys Church is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 June 1986. Tomb.
Chest Tomb About 10 Yards East of South East End of South Aisle of St Marys Church
- WRENN ID
- quartered-baluster-elder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 June 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 311 273
- Coordinates
- 51.94373, -1.54766
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dating from the mid-18th century, is located about 10 yards east of the southeast end of the south aisle of St Mary's Church in Chipping Norton. It is constructed from ashlar stone and features a moulded plinth and cornice. The tomb has oval side and end panels, with an illegible inscription framed by an enriched border, and corner quarter-balusters. At the time of the last survey, the tomb was noted to be in poor condition.
Local climate
Chest Tomb About 10 Yards East of South East End of South Aisle of St Marys 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 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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