Chest Tomb Approximately 8 Metres South of Church of St Edward the Confessor is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1987. Chest tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 8 Metres South of Church of St Edward the Confessor
- WRENN ID
- sharp-bonework-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 May 1987
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 431 256
- Coordinates
- 51.92791, -1.3746
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located approximately 8 meters south of the Church of St. Edward the Confessor, dates from the early to mid-18th century. It is made of marlstone and features a rectangular shape with a moulded base and cover. The tomb has rectangular corner balusters and panelled sides that bear illegible inscriptions. The end panels are adorned with carvings of winged cherubs set within swags.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 8 Metres South of Church of St Edward the Confessor receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% 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 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% 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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