Group of 3 Chest Tombs, 2 to Arnatt Family, in Churchyard of St Mary's, Circa 15 Metres to East of North Vestry is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 May 1989. Chest tombs.
Group of 3 Chest Tombs, 2 to Arnatt Family, in Churchyard of St Mary's, Circa 15 Metres to East of North Vestry
- WRENN ID
- long-banister-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 May 1989
- Type
- Chest tombs
- OS grid reference
- SP 312 033
- Coordinates
- 51.72792, -1.54828
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of three chest tombs located in the churchyard of St. Mary's, approximately 15 meters east of the north vestry. The group includes a matching pair of tombs dedicated to the Arnatt family of Lew, both made of limestone. These tombs feature moulded bases and cornice lids, shallow tops, simple pilasters, and moulded end panels. One tomb has inscriptions for Jonathan Arnatt from 1844 and Joseph Arnatt from 1834, while the other has inscriptions for Jonathan Arnatt from 1799 and Elizabeth Arnatt from 1779, adorned with carved floral trails and lead lettering. The tombs are surrounded by a low stone base from a former enclosure, although the railings are now missing. The third tomb is a late 18th-century structure with illegible inscriptions, also made of limestone ashlar, featuring a moulded cornice lid. The north side displays a winged cherub head above an inscription panel, with flanking panels that have carved foliage scrolls, and a later south panel that includes flanking guilloche ornament.
Local climate
Group of 3 Chest Tombs, 2 to Arnatt Family, in Churchyard of St Mary's, Circa 15 Metres to East of North Vestry receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% 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 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% 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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