Chest Tomb Approximately 5 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Britius is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1988. Tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 5 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Britius
- WRENN ID
- dusk-bailey-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 October 1988
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 300 075
- Coordinates
- 51.76617, -1.56664
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dating from 1716, is located approximately 5 meters south of the chancel of the Church of St. Britius in Brize Norton. It is made of limestone and features a plain design with a splayed plinth and cornice.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 5 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Britius receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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