Group of 3 Chest Tombs Approximately 24 Metres and 17 Metres North East of North Transept of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 March 1988. Tomb.
Group of 3 Chest Tombs Approximately 24 Metres and 17 Metres North East of North Transept of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- brooding-tallow-wren
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 March 1988
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 356 092
- Coordinates
- 51.78116, -1.48497
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of three chest tombs located approximately 24 metres and 17 metres north-east of the north transept of the Church of St. Mary. The large chest tomb, dating from the mid-18th century around 1770, is made of limestone and features two winged cherub heads above a rococo cartouche. The flanking pilasters are adorned with carved foliate trails, and the end panel displays foliate sprays with a heraldic crest. It has a moulded plinth, cornice, and top.
The two chest tombs located approximately 17 metres north-east are from the late 18th century and early 19th century. The northern tomb has fluted pilasters and a moulded cornice and top, with the dates 1792, 1753, and 1772 inscribed, although the surname is illegible. The southern tomb features a beaded pilaster and inscription panels, along with a moulded plinth, cornice, and top. This tomb commemorates John Shutfrey, who died in 1812, his son John, who died in 1804, and his wife Mary, who died in 1810, among others.
Local climate
Group of 3 Chest Tombs Approximately 24 Metres and 17 Metres North East of North Transept of Church of St Mary 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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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