Group of 4 Chest Tombs 6-15 Metres to South of South Porch of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 May 1989. Tomb.
Group of 4 Chest Tombs 6-15 Metres to South of South Porch of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- kindled-chapel-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 May 1989
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Group of 4 Chest Tombs 6-15 Metres to South of South Porch of Church of St Mary, Burford Road, Black Bourton
- OS grid reference
- SP 286 042
- Coordinates
- 51.73589, -1.5864
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of four chest tombs made of limestone, located 6 to 15 meters south of the south porch of the Church of St. Mary.
1) The first tomb is dedicated to Thomas Clark, dated 1804. It features a moulded base and a flat cornice lid, with recessed corners that have square pilasters supporting carved reliefs of ornamental drapes. The inscription tablets are oval and include shallow relief carvings of cherub heads and foliage in the spandrels.
2) The second tomb is for John Cox, dated 1827. It also has a moulded base and a flat cornice lid, with recessed corners that have square balusters and oval panels that contain worn inscriptions.
3) The third tomb dates from the late 17th century to the 18th century and has illegible inscriptions. It has plain slab sides and a flat cornice lid with cyma recta moulding.
4) The fourth tomb is from the 18th to early 19th century and also has illegible inscriptions, featuring a canted west end. It has plain slab sides, with the north side incorporating a moulded panel, and a flat lid with a chamfered lower edge.
Local climate
Group of 4 Chest Tombs 6-15 Metres to South of South Porch of Church of St Mary 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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