Group of Two Chest Tombs Approximately 57 Metres South of West End of South Aisle of Church of St Mary Magdalene is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 July 1988. Tomb.
Group of Two Chest Tombs Approximately 57 Metres South of West End of South Aisle of Church of St Mary Magdalene
- WRENN ID
- under-entrance-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 July 1988
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 443 166
- Coordinates
- 51.84681, -1.35712
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of two chest tombs located approximately 57 meters south of the west end of the south aisle of the Church of St. Mary Magdalene. The tombs date from the late 18th century and early 19th century and are made of limestone. They feature a moulded plinth and cornice, with corner balusters; the balusters on the eastern tomb are fluted. The eastern tomb commemorates an individual who died in 1786, while the western tomb commemorates Elizabeth, the wife of John Prior, who died in 1807, along with others.
Local climate
Group of Two Chest Tombs Approximately 57 Metres South of West End of South Aisle of Church of St Mary Magdalene 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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