Group of 3 Bale Topped Chest Tombs Approximately 1 Metre South of Nave of Church of St James the Great is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 August 1989. Tombs.
Group of 3 Bale Topped Chest Tombs Approximately 1 Metre South of Nave of Church of St James the Great
- WRENN ID
- silent-brick-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 August 1989
- Type
- Tombs
- OS grid reference
- SP 258 130
- Coordinates
- 51.81529, -1.62652
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A group of three bale-topped chest tombs is located approximately 1 meter south of the nave of the Church of St. James the Great. The first chest tomb dates from around 1729 and is made of stone, featuring a rectangular shape with a chamfer-edged slab and a plain bale on top. The second chest tomb is likely from the 18th century and is also rectangular, with a plain chest, a cornice-moulded slab, and a plain bale on top. The third chest tomb probably dates to the early 18th century and is made of stone. It has winged heads and swags on the sides, with panels on the left and right that include lozenges. The west end features an inscribed panel with an oval wreathed surround, while the east end has an oval cartouche with a rococo scroll surround. This tomb also has a spiral-moulded bale top with shell ends, the one on the west side featuring a skull.
Local climate
Group of 3 Bale Topped Chest Tombs Approximately 1 Metre South of Nave of Church of St James the Great 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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