Chest Tomb About 8 Metres South East of Porch 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 C17 Tomb.

Chest Tomb About 8 Metres South East of Porch of Church of St John

WRENN ID
late-gateway-foxglove
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Oxfordshire
Constituency
Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 March 1990
Type
Tomb
OS grid reference
SP 253 123
Coordinates
51.80954, -1.63429
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This chest tomb, located about 8 meters southeast of the porch of the Church of St John, is probably from the late 17th century. It is made of ashlar stone and features a cyma-moulded plinth and cornice that support a heavy ledger. There is no visible inscription on the tomb, but the west end panel includes an escutcheon.

Local climate

Chest Tomb About 8 Metres South East of Porch 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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