Chest Tomb About 4 Yards West of the Old Prebend is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 December 1986. Tomb.
Chest Tomb About 4 Yards West of the Old Prebend
- WRENN ID
- tilted-bailey-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 December 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 279 180
- Coordinates
- 51.86007, -1.59526
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located about 4 yards west of the Old Prebend in Shipton-under-Wychwood, dates from the early 19th century. It is constructed of ashlar stone and features panelled sides, quarter corner balusters, and a moulded capping. The inscription on the tomb is difficult to read, but the date 1816 is legible.
Local climate
Chest Tomb About 4 Yards West of the Old Prebend receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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