Chest Tomb and Seven Headstones Approximately 3 Metres South South East of South Porch of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 June 1988. Tomb.
Chest Tomb and Seven Headstones Approximately 3 Metres South South East of South Porch of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- dark-rotunda-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 June 1988
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 387 136
- Coordinates
- 51.8201, -1.43945
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A chest tomb and seven headstones are located approximately 3 meters south-southeast of the south porch of the Church of St. Mary. The chest tomb dates from the late 17th century to early 18th century and is made of limestone. It features a moulded plinth, cornice, and moulded inscription panels. Among the headstones, there are late 17th century examples to the northwest and southeast, an early 17th century round-headed headstone to the southeast, and a headstone dated 1709 to the north.
Local climate
Chest Tomb and Seven Headstones Approximately 3 Metres South South East of South Porch of Church of St Mary 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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