2 Chest Tombs Approximately 11 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Matthew is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1989. Tomb.
2 Chest Tombs Approximately 11 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Matthew
- WRENN ID
- plain-tracery-marsh
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 March 1989
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 249 025
- Coordinates
- 51.72082, -1.64054
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
There are two chest tombs located approximately 11 meters south of the chancel of the Church of St. Matthew. The tombs date from the late 17th century and the mid-18th century and are made of limestone. The south tomb, which is from the 17th century, has a rectangular shape with a cavetto-moulded capping. The north tomb, from the 18th century, also has a rectangular shape but features moulded capping and a stepped top. The 18th-century tomb includes two carved heads of cherubs on the east end, while the 17th-century tomb has carved decoration on the long sides at the west end. As of the last survey in July 1987, the inscriptions on both tombs were illegible.
Local climate
2 Chest Tombs Approximately 11 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Matthew receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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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