John Huntt Chest Tomb About 4 Metres South East of Porch of Church of St John is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 March 1990. Chest tomb.
John Huntt Chest Tomb About 4 Metres South East of Porch of Church of St John
- WRENN ID
- odd-cobble-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 March 1990
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 253 123
- Coordinates
- 51.80958, -1.63432
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The John Huntt chest tomb, located about 4 meters southeast of the porch of the Church of St John, was erected in 1609. It features a cyma moulded plinth and cornice, supporting a heavy ledger. On the west end, there is a brass depicting a small figure of John Huntt, accompanied by an inscription that reads: "I know that my redeemer/Lyveth and that I shall rise again at the later day/here lyeth the bodye/of John Huntt of Burford/Mercer who deceased the/15 day of March in the/year of Our Lord 1603/William Huntt and Richard Huntt sons of the sayde John Huntt/made this 1609."
Local climate
John Huntt Chest Tomb About 4 Metres South East of Porch of Church of St John 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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