Townsend Memorial and Unidentified Chest Tomb Approximately 2 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 May 1989. Memorial, chest tomb.
Townsend Memorial and Unidentified Chest Tomb Approximately 2 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- gentle-timber-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 May 1989
- Type
- Memorial, chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 258 237
- Coordinates
- 51.91156, -1.62561
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Townsend Memorial and an unidentified chest tomb are located approximately 2 meters east of the chancel of the Church of St. Andrew. The pair of chest tombs date from around 1756 and the late 18th century, and are made of limestone. They are rectangular in shape, featuring a moulded plinth and capping. The Townsend memorial has square corner balusters and inscription panels that are flanked by fluted pilasters. The northern inscription commemorates John (died 1743), Sarah (died 1728), and William (died 1758), who were the children of John and Rebekah Townsend, with Rebekah's dates being 1756 and 1736 respectively, noted on a rectangular inscription panel at the east end. The unidentified chest tomb to the south has plain corner pilasters, and its inscription panel to the south was illegible at the time of resurvey in August 1987.
Local climate
Townsend Memorial and Unidentified Chest Tomb Approximately 2 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Andrew 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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