Chest Tomb and Railed Enclosure Approximately 7 Metres South of Nave and 5 Metres West of Porch of Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1988. Tomb.
Chest Tomb and Railed Enclosure Approximately 7 Metres South of Nave and 5 Metres West of Porch of Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- sacred-beam-elder
- 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 342 030
- Coordinates
- 51.7251, -1.50598
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dating from the early 19th century, is made of limestone and is located approximately 7 meters south of the nave and 5 meters west of the porch of the Church of St. James. The tomb features plain inscription panels with scalloped corners, which are flanked by corner balusters and have a splayed top. Surrounding the tomb is a railed enclosure that includes fleur-de-lys finials. The tomb commemorates James Woodbridge, who died in 1838.
Local climate
Chest Tomb and Railed Enclosure Approximately 7 Metres South of Nave and 5 Metres West of Porch of Church of St James receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% 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 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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