Morgan Bale Tomb About 3 Yards East of Church of St Mary is a Grade II* listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 December 1986. Tomb.
Morgan Bale Tomb About 3 Yards East of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- outer-trefoil-meadow
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 December 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 279 179
- Coordinates
- 51.85981, -1.59497
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Morgan Bale Tomb, located about 3 yards east of the Church of St Mary, is an 18th-century bale-tomb made of ashlar stone, featuring intricate high relief carvings. This unusual 'double-decker' design includes a large fluted bale capping and foliage carvings. The tomb is supported by four swagged corner piers and has fielded panels with a gadrooned band above the first level. It commemorates Henry Morgan, who died in 1727, his daughter-in-law Rose Morgan, who passed away in 1734, and his son Robert, who died in 1759. It is considered the finest tomb in the churchyard.
Local climate
Morgan Bale Tomb About 3 Yards East of Church of St Mary receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% 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 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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