Church of Lawrence, Chest Tomb Approximately 10 North North East of Nave is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 June 1988. Chest tomb.
Church of Lawrence, Chest Tomb Approximately 10 North North East of Nave
- WRENN ID
- wild-brass-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 June 1988
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 413 158
- Coordinates
- 51.84009, -1.40056
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St. Lawrence features a chest tomb located approximately 10 meters north-north-east of the nave. This tomb dates from the early 17th century and is made of limestone. Its sides and end panels are intricately carved with sunken quatrefoils, and it has a heavy splayed lid.
Local climate
Church of Lawrence, Chest Tomb Approximately 10 North North East of Nave 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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