Chest Tomb to Fletcher Family and Head and Foot Stone Approximately 8 Metres North of North Transept of Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 August 1989. Tomb.
Chest Tomb to Fletcher Family and Head and Foot Stone Approximately 8 Metres North of North Transept of Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- western-beam-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 August 1989
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 287 114
- Coordinates
- 51.80056, -1.58482
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The chest tomb and head and foot stones belong to the Fletcher family and are located approximately 8 meters north of the north transept of the Church of St. Nicholas. The chest tomb dates from around 1730 and is made of stone. It has a rectangular shape with two inscribed panels on each side, featuring carved strips of ribbon and flowers in the center, along with winged heads and additional flower carvings on the left and right. The east end displays a cartouche surrounded by a rococo scroll design, while the west end has a plain inscribed panel. The top slab is adorned with a cornice molding and features a bale top with shell-lined niches that have skulls at the ends. The ribs are present at the center and ends, with the center featuring a flaming urn finial, although the finials on the left and right are missing. The head and foot stone is dated 1678 and is also made of stone, displaying square inscribed framed panels with scroll tops. All inscriptions on the stones are worn.
Local climate
Chest Tomb to Fletcher Family and Head and Foot Stone Approximately 8 Metres North of North Transept of Church of St Nicholas receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% 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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