Group of 3 Chest Tombs Approximately 24 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Leonard is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1988. Tomb.
Group of 3 Chest Tombs Approximately 24 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Leonard
- WRENN ID
- graven-chimney-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 October 1988
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 433 091
- Coordinates
- 51.77977, -1.37338
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This group of three chest tombs dates from the early 19th century and is located approximately 24 meters south of the chancel of the Church of St. Leonard in Eynsham. The central tomb is a tapered sarcophagus-type made of limestone and commemorates Joseph Bowerman, who died in 1813, along with his family. The chest tomb to the north features a moulded plinth and cornice, with scribed fluting at the splayed corners. Its main panel includes a tapered inscription panel with carved spandrels. The chest tomb to the south also has a moulded plinth, cornice, and capping, with fluted pilasters that flank scribed inscription panels and nowy-headed end panels.
Local climate
Group of 3 Chest Tombs Approximately 24 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Leonard receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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