Church of St Michael, Group of Three Chest Tombs Approximately 5 Metres West of Nave is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1988. Church, tomb.
Church of St Michael, Group of Three Chest Tombs Approximately 5 Metres West of Nave
- WRENN ID
- heavy-crypt-barley
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 October 1988
- Type
- Church, tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 416 056
- Coordinates
- 51.74798, -1.39807
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St. Michael features a group of three chest tombs located approximately 5 meters west of the nave. These tombs date from the 18th century and are made of limestone. The northern tomb has a moulded plinth and cornice with a wavy profile, and it includes an inscription and epitaph commemorating Mary Sarney, who died in 1744. The two plain tombs to the south are early 18th century and are in poor condition.
Local climate
Church of St Michael, Group of Three Chest Tombs Approximately 5 Metres West of Nave receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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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