Group of 5 Headstones Approximately 3 Metres North of Chancel of Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 June 1988. Headstones.
Group of 5 Headstones Approximately 3 Metres North of Chancel of Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- first-floor-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 June 1988
- Type
- Headstones
- OS grid reference
- SP 454 106
- Coordinates
- 51.79235, -1.34195
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of five headstones located approximately 3 meters north of the chancel of the Church of St. Peter. They date from the late 17th century and are made of limestone. Each headstone features winged angel heads that form scrolled tops. The northernmost headstone, dated 1678, has an inscription set in a shield flanked by swags. Three other headstones, one dated 1682, also display carved swags. The southernmost headstone features draped and linenfold carving.
Local climate
Group of 5 Headstones Approximately 3 Metres North of Chancel of Church of St Peter sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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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