Group of 8 Chest Tombs Approximately 14 Metres and 22 Metres North North West and 25 Metres North of Nave of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 March 1988. Tombs.

Group of 8 Chest Tombs Approximately 14 Metres and 22 Metres North North West and 25 Metres North of Nave of Church of St Mary

WRENN ID
pitched-lime-moon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Oxfordshire
Constituency
Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 March 1988
Type
Tombs
OS grid reference
SP 356 092
Coordinates
51.781, -1.48536
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

This is a group of eight chest tombs located approximately 14 metres and 22 metres north-north-west, and 25 metres north of the nave of the Church of St. Mary. The two tombs that are about 14 metres north-north-west date from the early 18th century and are made of limestone. The southern tomb features a cyma-moulded plinth, a splayed cornice on top, and two inscription panels with raised surrounds. The northern tomb has a raised surround for narrow panels and a central inscription panel, with skulls flanking a winged cherub's head above a worn inscription. The chest tomb located approximately 22 metres north-north-west also dates from the early to mid-18th century and is made of limestone. It has a cyma-moulded plinth and cornice, with carved scrolls flanking the inscription panel. The group of five chest tombs approximately 25 metres north dates from the 18th century and is also made of limestone, with all having moulded tops. The Leake tomb to the south-west, dated 1767 and from the 1750s, features a rococo cartouche. A similar mid-18th century tomb is located to the north. The tombs to the east are dated 1786, and one commemorates Anne Fisher, who died in the early 19th century.

Local climate

Group of 8 Chest Tombs Approximately 14 Metres and 22 Metres North North West and 25 Metres North of Nave of Church of St Mary receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • No related consent applications matched
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Church of St Mary the Virgin Grade I 33 m
  2. The Teaching Centre, Henry Box School Grade II 36 m
  3. The Old Rectory and Attached Wall Grade II* 45 m
  4. Holloways Almshouses Grade II 47 m
  5. 14, Station Road Grade II 63 m
  6. 29, Church Green Grade II 90 m
  7. West Oxfordshire District Council Offices Grade II 106 m
  8. St Mary's Close Grade II 112 m
  9. Wychwood Grade II* 128 m
  10. The Rectory and Attached Wall Grade II 138 m