Group of 3 Chest Tombs Approximately 16 Metres South of South Aisle of Church of St Bartholomew is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1988. Chest tombs.
Group of 3 Chest Tombs Approximately 16 Metres South of South Aisle of Church of St Bartholomew
- WRENN ID
- night-bracket-grove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 October 1988
- Type
- Chest tombs
- OS grid reference
- SP 432 092
- Coordinates
- 51.77987, -1.37377
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of three chest tombs located approximately 16 meters south of the south aisle of the Church of St. Bartholomew. The tombs date from the late 18th century and early 19th century and are made of limestone. The southernmost chest tomb, dated 1790, features fluted pilasters on either side of the inscription panels, along with a moulded plinth, cornice, and capping. The chest tomb to the northwest, dated 1777, has gadrooned corner balusters flanking an oval inscription panel. The northern chest tomb has plain panels and is adorned with a moulded plinth and cornice; it commemorates Mary Collier, who died in 1832, along with her parents, Martha and Stephen.
Local climate
Group of 3 Chest Tombs Approximately 16 Metres South of South Aisle of Church of St Bartholomew receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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.
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