Chest Tomb Approximately 6 Metres South of Chancel of St Edward the Confessor is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1987. A C16 Tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 6 Metres South of Chancel of St Edward the Confessor
- WRENN ID
- south-solder-claret
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 May 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 431 256
- Coordinates
- 51.92796, -1.37451
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located approximately 6 meters south of the chancel of the Church of St. Edward the Confessor, dates from the 16th century. It is made of limestone and features a rectangular shape with plain sides and quatrefoil end panels. The deep cover of the tomb has a concave-chamfered lower edge.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 6 Metres South of Chancel of St Edward the Confessor receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% 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 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% 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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