Group of 3 Chest Tombs Approximately 25 Metres South of Church of St Michael and All Angels is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1987. Tomb.
Group of 3 Chest Tombs Approximately 25 Metres South of Church of St Michael and All Angels
- WRENN ID
- ragged-remnant-wren
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 May 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 399 288
- Coordinates
- 51.95664, -1.42018
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This group of three chest tombs, located approximately 25 meters south of the Church of St. Michael and All Angels, dates from 1703, 1718, and 1744 and is made of marlstone. The earliest tomb features a moulded cover and recessed panels decorated with an egg and dart motif; the southern panels include verses, while the western side commemorates Lisley, the wife of John Hyorne, Mason, who died in 1703. The northern tomb has a moulded cover with shield-shaped end panels supported by consoles, and a rectangular panel on the north side flanked by scrolls, commemorating John Hyorn, Mason, who died in 1718. The western tomb also has a moulded corner and fielded panels, with an inscription honoring Cathrine, the wife of John Hyorn, Mason, who died in 1744.
Local climate
Group of 3 Chest Tombs Approximately 25 Metres South of Church of St Michael and All Angels receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% 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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