Chest Tomb and Railed Enclosure Approximately 10 Metres West of Church of St Peter and St Paul is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 June 1988. Tomb.
Chest Tomb and Railed Enclosure Approximately 10 Metres West of Church of St Peter and St Paul
- WRENN ID
- night-slate-grove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 June 1988
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 425 128
- Coordinates
- 51.81249, -1.38395
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dating from the early 19th century, is located approximately 10 meters west of the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Hanborough. It is made of limestone and features a moulded plinth and cornice, along with a shaped top. Fluted pilasters are positioned on either side of inscriptions that are set in roundels. The tomb commemorates Charles and Elizabeth Mary, who died in 1813 and 1815, respectively. It is enclosed by wrought-iron railings.
Local climate
Chest Tomb and Railed Enclosure Approximately 10 Metres West of Church of St Peter and St Paul receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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