Church of St John,Group of 5 Chest Tombs Approximately 18 Metres South of South Aisle is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 August 1989. Tomb.
Church of St John,Group of 5 Chest Tombs Approximately 18 Metres South of South Aisle
- WRENN ID
- salt-slate-nettle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 August 1989
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 234 135
- Coordinates
- 51.81985, -1.66167
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St. John features a group of five chest tombs located approximately 18 meters south of the south aisle. These tombs date from around 1790 and are made of stone. One of the chest tombs is dedicated to Ann and John Newman and has a shaped base with inscribed panels on each side, adorned with rococo scrolls at the top and oval panels at each end. The top of this tomb is stepped with a shaped bale top. The other four chest tombs are rectangular, also dating from circa 1790, and each has stone inscribed panels, with some displaying decorative carved oetaile.
Local climate
Church of St John,Group of 5 Chest Tombs Approximately 18 Metres South of South Aisle receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% 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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