Robert Aston Tomb About 10 Metres South of South West Corner of Church of St John is a Grade II* listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 March 1990. A Baroque Tomb.
Robert Aston Tomb About 10 Metres South of South West Corner of Church of St John
- WRENN ID
- grey-casement-dale
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 March 1990
- Type
- Tomb
- Period
- Baroque
- OS grid reference
- SP 252 123
- Coordinates
- 51.80958, -1.63468
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Robert Aston tomb, located about 10 meters south of the southwest corner of the Church of St John, is a Grade II* listed bale-tomb. It commemorates Robert Aston, an innholder of the George, who died in 1698, and his wife Sarah, who passed away in 1705. The tomb is constructed of ashlar and features a large Baroque design. It includes scroll-work escutcheons on the end panels and two slate memorial panels set into the north side. The structure is adorned with three pilasters that showcase high relief carvings of fruit and vegetables, with a putto in the center and leaf ornamentation in the frieze above. It has a moulded plinth and cornice, and the bale is divided into two parts, featuring bobbin end moulding and fishscale decoration in the center. There are three vase finials, although the central finial is broken.
Local climate
Robert Aston Tomb About 10 Metres South of South West Corner of Church of St John 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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