Bale Tomb About 9 Metres South West of Porch of Church St John is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 March 1990. Tomb.

Bale Tomb About 9 Metres South West of Porch of Church St John

WRENN ID
fading-obsidian-fern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Oxfordshire
Constituency
Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 March 1990
Type
Tomb
OS grid reference
SP 252 123
Coordinates
51.80956, -1.63447
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a bale tomb dating from the late 17th century, located about 9 meters south-west of the porch of the Church of St John. The tomb features ashlar stonework, with a moulded plinth and cornice. The bale is fluted and adorned with scallops, and there is a skull carved in a scallop at the east end. The east end panel has an enriched architrave, while the sides and west end are panelled and finished with ogee moulding. The names on the tomb are illegible.

Local climate

Bale Tomb About 9 Metres South West of Porch of Church St John 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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