Edward Tawney Tomb About 3 Metres North East of Chancel of Church of Holy Rood is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 March 1990. Tomb.
Edward Tawney Tomb About 3 Metres North East of Chancel of Church of Holy Rood
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-bronze-briar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 March 1990
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 267 083
- Coordinates
- 51.77281, -1.61398
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Edward Tawney tomb, located about 3 meters northeast of the chancel of the Church of Holy Rood, is a late 17th-century bale tomb made of stone. It features a rustic high relief panel depicting a cherub, drapery, and scroll brackets on the north side. The east side displays a shield in high relief, while the south side has scroll-decorated brackets adorned with grape ornamentation. A slate memorial is found on the west side. The tomb has a spiral fluted bale and a skull at the east end.
Local climate
Edward Tawney Tomb About 3 Metres North East of Chancel of Church of Holy Rood receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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