Chest Tomb Approximately 4 Metres North East of North Porch of Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 June 1988. A C18 Tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 4 Metres North East of North Porch of Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- salt-garret-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 June 1988
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 454 106
- Coordinates
- 51.79234, -1.34213
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dating from the mid-18th century, is located approximately 4 meters northeast of the north porch of the Church of St. Peter. It is made of limestone and features a moulded plinth and cornice. On each side, pilaster panels flank a central fielded panel. The tomb is topped with a gadrooned vase and commemorates James Tuckey, who died in 1740.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 4 Metres North East of North Porch of Church of St Peter sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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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