Group of 4 Chest Tombs in Churchyard 5 Metres South South East of South Porch of Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 May 1989. Tomb.
Group of 4 Chest Tombs in Churchyard 5 Metres South South East of South Porch of Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- little-ashlar-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 May 1989
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 273 045
- Coordinates
- 51.73929, -1.60489
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A group of four chest tombs made of limestone is located in the churchyard, 5 metres southeast of the south porch of the Church of St. Peter.
1) The first tomb is dedicated to Sarah Herbert, who died in 178?, featuring slab panels flanked by triple fluted pilasters and a coved cornice lid with remnants of a gadrooned top. 2) The second tomb commemorates Thomas and Mary Clarrig, who died in 1667, and possibly William Barber, who died in 1737. It has slab sides, a coved cornice lid, and a heavily worn top. 3) The third tomb is for William Herbert, who died in 1791(?), and includes a moulded base and cornice lid, a moulded top, and panels set in recessed borders. 4) The fourth tomb dates from the late 17th to early 18th century and has illegible inscriptions, moulded panels, and a moulded cornice lid with a flat top.
Local climate
Group of 4 Chest Tombs in Churchyard 5 Metres South South East of South Porch of Church of St Peter 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Group of 4 Chest Tombs 6-15 Metres to South of South Porch of Church of St Mary
- 2 Five Lewis Memorials in Group, in the Churchyard Between 5 and 11 Metres South of South Transept of Church of St Peter
- 3 Group of 3 Chest Tombs and 3 Headstones 5-10 Metres South East of South Porch of Church of St Peter and St Paul
- 4 Group of 5 Chest Tombs 2-7 Metres East of Church of St Peter and St Paul, in Angle Between South Transept and Chancel
- 5 Bradford and Associated Monuments in Churchyard, 7-22 Metres South of Nave, Church of St Peter
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings