Chest Tomb About 7 Yards East of East End of St Marys Church is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 June 1986. Tomb.
Chest Tomb About 7 Yards East of East End of St Marys Church
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 June 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 311 273
- Coordinates
- 51.94386, -1.54754
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located about 7 yards east of the east end of St Mary's Church, dates from the early to mid-19th century. It is constructed of large ashlar stone and features a moulded plinth and cornice, along with incised panels that have corner fan-enrichment. The tomb commemorates John Henry Wettcoer.
Local climate
Chest Tomb About 7 Yards East of East End of 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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