Higgons Memorial Approximately 8 Metres South of South West Corner of Church of St Stephen is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1989. Memorial.
Higgons Memorial Approximately 8 Metres South of South West Corner of Church of St Stephen
- WRENN ID
- dim-lime-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 March 1989
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- SP 283 021
- Coordinates
- 51.71724, -1.59119
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Higgons memorial is a chest tomb located approximately 8 meters south of the southwest corner of the Church of St. Stephen. It dates from around 1811 and is made of limestone. The tomb is rectangular in shape, featuring a moulded plinth, capping, and a cavetto-moulded top. It has moulded oval inscription panels adorned with rosettes in the spandrels, and corner pilasters, with those on the south side displaying hanging garlands. There are also oval inscription panels on the ends. The inscription on the north side commemorates John Higgons, who died in 1811, while inscriptions to other members of the Higgons family are found on the other sides.
Local climate
Higgons Memorial Approximately 8 Metres South of South West Corner of Church of St Stephen 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.
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