2 Chest Tombs Immediately North of Dawkins Mausoleum at St Marys Church is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 June 1986. Chest tomb.
2 Chest Tombs Immediately North of Dawkins Mausoleum at St Marys Church
- WRENN ID
- half-garret-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 June 1986
- Type
- Chest tomb
- Address
- 2 Chest Tombs Immediately North of Dawkins Mausoleum at St Marys Church, Chipping Norton
- OS grid reference
- SP 311 273
- Coordinates
- 51.94393, -1.5482
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
There are two chest tombs located immediately north of the Dawkins Mausoleum at St Mary's Church in Chipping Norton. These tombs date from the late 18th century and are made of ashlar stone with heavy moulded cornices. The southern tomb is believed to be for Matthew Venables, who died around 1787. This tomb is partly built into the Dawkins Mausoleum, which extends from the northwest end of St Mary's Church.
Local climate
2 Chest Tombs Immediately North of Dawkins Mausoleum at St Marys Church 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 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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