Church of St Michael, Chest Tomb with Railed Enclosure Approximately 5 1/2 Metres South of South Transept is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1988. Tomb.
Church of St Michael, Chest Tomb with Railed Enclosure Approximately 5 1/2 Metres South of South Transept
- WRENN ID
- empty-spandrel-gorse
- 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 416 056
- Coordinates
- 51.74788, -1.39759
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St. Michael features a chest tomb from the early 19th century, located approximately 5.5 meters south of the south transept. This tomb is made of limestone and has a sunken band with indented corners that frames an inscription panel. It commemorates Richard Swingbourne, who died in 1839, and is surrounded by a railed enclosure.
Local climate
Church of St Michael, Chest Tomb with Railed Enclosure Approximately 5 1/2 Metres South of South Transept receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% 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 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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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