Old Church of St Nicholas 2 Chest Tombs Approximately 8 Metres to South is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 August 1988. Chest tomb.
Old Church of St Nicholas 2 Chest Tombs Approximately 8 Metres to South
- WRENN ID
- odd-ledge-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 August 1988
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 352 277
- Coordinates
- 51.94671, -1.4889
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Church of St. Nicholas features two chest tombs located approximately 8 meters to the south, dating from around 1781 and 1814. These tombs are made of marlstone and are designed as plain rectangular chests with moulded bases and covers. The inscriptions on the tombs commemorate Henry Cooper, who died in 1781, and John Henderson, who died in 1804.
Local climate
Old Church of St Nicholas 2 Chest Tombs Approximately 8 Metres to South 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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