Chest Tomb Approximately 5 Metres South of South Porch of Church of St Martin is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 June 1988. Chest tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 5 Metres South of South Porch of Church of St Martin
- WRENN ID
- winding-crypt-grain
- 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 449 148
- Coordinates
- 51.83017, -1.34968
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located approximately 5 meters south of the south porch of the Church of St. Martin, dates from the early 19th century. It is made of limestone and features a moulded plinth and cornice, along with corner balusters and panelled sides. The tomb commemorates John Nixon, who died in 1828, James Nixon, who died in 1792, and others.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 5 Metres South of South Porch of Church of St Martin sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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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