Group of 6 Chest Tombs Approximately 7-10 Metres South of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 August 1989. Tomb.
Group of 6 Chest Tombs Approximately 7-10 Metres South of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- shifting-oriel-hyssop
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 August 1989
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Group of 6 Chest Tombs Approximately 7-10 Metres South of Church of St Mary, Swinbrook and Widford
- OS grid reference
- SP 279 121
- Coordinates
- 51.80715, -1.59537
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of six chest tombs located approximately 7 to 10 meters south of the Church of St. Mary. One of the tombs likely dates from the late 17th century and is made of stone, featuring a rectangular shape with panelled sides, a cornice moulding at the top, and a ribbed bale-top adorned with skulls at the ends. Two tombs are probably from the early 18th century, also made of stone and rectangular, with panelled sides; one has central panels on the sides that break forward and flat cornice-moulded top slabs. There is one tomb that likely dates from the late 18th century, which is rectangular with panelled sides, fluting on the ends of the panels, and a shaped top. The final two tombs are probably from the early 19th century, made of stone, rectangular, plain, with fluting on the ends of the sides, and shallow hipped tops.
Local climate
Group of 6 Chest Tombs Approximately 7-10 Metres South of Church of St Mary 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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