Chest Tomb Approximately 10 Metres South East of South East Corner of South Transept of Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 July 1988. Chest tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 10 Metres South East of South East Corner of South Transept of Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- silver-roof-merlin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 July 1988
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 476 201
- Coordinates
- 51.87798, -1.30987
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dated 1780 and 1797, is located approximately 10 meters southeast of the southeast corner of the south transept of the Church of St. Nicholas. It is made of limestone and features a moulded plinth and top, along with square corner balusters. The sides have two fielded panels, and there is one fielded panel on each end. The tomb includes inscriptions dedicated to the Allen family.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 10 Metres South East of South East Corner of South Transept of Church of St Nicholas sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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