Chest Tomb to John Busby, in Churchyard of St Mary's, Circa 25 Metres South East of South Transept is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 May 1989. Tomb.
Chest Tomb to John Busby, in Churchyard of St Mary's, Circa 25 Metres South East of South Transept
- WRENN ID
- third-terrace-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 May 1989
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 312 033
- Coordinates
- 51.72759, -1.54833
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located in the churchyard of St. Mary's, dates from the 19th century and is situated approximately 25 meters southeast of the south transept. It commemorates John Busby, who died in 1800, as well as William Pryor, who passed away in 1862, and Elizabeth Pryor, who died in 1851. The tomb is made of limestone ashlar and features a moulded base and top, with oval inscription panels. The north and south panels are flanked by pilasters. The inscription for John Busby includes carved foliage sprays in the spandrels and carved foliage drops on the pilasters.
Local climate
Chest Tomb to John Busby, in Churchyard of St Mary's, Circa 25 Metres South East of South Transept receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% 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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