2 Gibbs Memorials About 25 Yards South of South Porch of St Marys Church is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 June 1986. A C19 Memorials.
2 Gibbs Memorials About 25 Yards South of South Porch of St Marys Church
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 June 1986
- Type
- Memorials
- OS grid reference
- SP 311 273
- Coordinates
- 51.94348, -1.54779
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Two chest tombs from the mid-19th century are located about 25 yards south of the south porch of St Mary's Church in Chipping Norton. The northern tomb, made of Portland stone, is in a neo-classical style and commemorates John Gibbs, who died in 1860, and Emma Gibbs, who died in 1859. It features a moulded plinth and cornice, vertical brackets with paterae at the ends, a shaped top with flanking scrolls, a central fluted panel, a coved base, and corner anthemion acroteria. The southern tomb honors Thomas Gibbs, who died in 1844, and Sarah Gibbs, who died in 1842. This chest tomb also has a moulded plinth and cornice, with panelled corner piers decorated with husks and raised inscription panels. Despite the differences in material and style, the two tombs share similarities that suggest they were crafted by the same mason.
Local climate
2 Gibbs Memorials About 25 Yards South of South Porch of St Marys Church receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% 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 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1996
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- 1 Group of 3 Monuments to the Gibbs Family in the Churchyard About 3 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St James the Great
- 2 3 Chest Tombs of the Gibbs Family Approximately 7 Metres South of South Doorway at St George's Church
- 3 Gibbs Monument in the Churchyard, About 2 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Mary
- 4 Four Chest Tombs to South and East of the Parish Church of St Mary
- 5 Two Chest Tombs to William and Edmund Gibbs About 3 and 10 Metres South of Elmstone Church
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